Surveys of the Southern Galaxy
| Author | : W.B. Burton |
| Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
| Total Pages | : 329 |
| Release | : 2013-06-29 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9789400972179 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9400972172 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (79 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Surveys of the Southern Galaxy by : W.B. Burton
Download or read book Surveys of the Southern Galaxy written by W.B. Burton and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-06-29 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Problems associated with a general scarcity of observations of the southern sky have persisted since the present era of galactic research began some sixty years ago. In his 1930 Halley Lecture A. S. Eddington commented on the observational support given to J. H. Oort's theory of galactic rotation by the stellar radial velocities measured by Plaskett o 0 and Pearce: " . . . out of 250 stars only 4 were between 193 and 343 0 galactic longitude [=£1: 225
