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The Flare and Spiral Structure of the Milky Way’s Disk as Traced by Young Giant Stars

  • Authors: E. Poggio, R. Drimmel, S. Khanna, R. Andrae, M. G. Lattanzi

E. Poggio et al 2026 The Astrophysical Journal 1010 .

  • Provider: AAS Journals

Caption: Figure 7.

Vertical thickness of the Galactic disk using overlapping cells in XY. The Sun’s position is shown by the black cross. Dashed curves represent the constant distance to the Galactic center at R = 14, 12, and 10 kpc, respectively, from left to right.

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