A study of moving groups of stars in our galaxy

Numerous observations over the past decades have confirmed that the distribution of stellar velocities in the solar neighbourhood is not uniform. Certain concentrations of stars in the velocity field mean that there exist groups of stars moving in parallel orbits, with practically the same space vel...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Skuljan, Jovan
Language:en
Published: University of Canterbury. Physics and Astronomy 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10092/5579