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Caption: Figure 69.
Galactic distribution of RNe. The two panels show a top and side view of our Milky Way, represented as a flat disk of radius 15,000 pc and thickness 300 pc to indicate the disk population plus a circle of radius 3000 pc to indicate the bulge population. Our Sun's position is represented by the large "X." Each RN is represented in position by a large diamond, with the uncertainty in distance indicated by the line segments attached to each diamond. We see that three of the systems have a large distance from the galactic plane, with U Sco being placed above the galactic center and both V394 CrA and V2487 Oph being on the far side of the Galaxy with large uncertainties in distance. These three RNe are likely part of a bugle population. The other seven RNe are fairly well concentrated toward the plane like a thick disk population. With small number statistics, it appears that the RNe are roughly evenly divided between being from thick disk and bulge populations.
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