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Article #63Re: Where's the center of the universe?
From: Ethan Vishniac
Date: Fri, 31 May 1985 16:43
Date: Fri, 31 May 1985 16:43
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In my last article I said:
> The direction of motion of the sun is toward RA 11.4, dec 5 degrees. The
> velocity is about 400 km/sec. The galactic center is at RA 12.8, dec 27.5
> degrees. In other words, they are not in the same direction. The motion
> of the sun is presumed to have the following components
I blew it. Those are the coordinates for the North Galactic Pole. The
coordinates of the galactic center are RA 17 hr 42.4 m and dec=-28 degrees 55m.
Sorry for the confusion. I read the wrong numbers out of Mihalas and Binney.
Thanks to Harold Corwin for pointing out my error.
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University of Texas
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