The Hubble type of the Milky Way Galaxy
Abstract
Using the established relationship between the Hubble types and the absolute magnitudes of galaxies and the scale length of the radial distribution of H II regions in galaxies, it is seen that the Hubble type of the Milky Way Galaxy is Sc or SBc. Consideration is given to the uncertainties in this conclusion.
- Publication:
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Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
- Pub Date:
- October 1983
- DOI:
- 10.1086/131243
- Bibcode:
- 1983PASP...95..721H
- Keywords:
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- Hubble Diagram;
- Milky Way Galaxy;
- Density Distribution;
- Galactic Structure;
- H Ii Regions;
- Astrophysics