The Distribution of Late M-Type Stars Along the Galactic Equator.
Abstract
An extension of the infrared survey of MS and later stars in the Milky Way is given The previous survey was confined to a zone 4 deg wide centered at the galactic equator. The present investigation extends it to a zone 12 deg wide. In the new areas surveyed, the surface distribution of 4953 stars of type MS or later shows a gradual diminution in their number as the anticenter of the Galaxy is approached A similar distribution was obtained for the 941 stars of class M7 and later. The average number of late M stars per square degree in the zone 12 wide is 2.9. In the direction of the anticenter the corresponding number is 1.5. A catalogue of all the late M-type BD stars is given.
- Publication:
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The Astrophysical Journal
- Pub Date:
- November 1956
- DOI:
- 10.1086/146255
- Bibcode:
- 1956ApJ...124..522N
- Keywords:
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- Stars: M-type