VLBI astrometry gives a 20.2 kpc distance and 872 pc height for G040.96+02.48, confirming a warp in the Extreme Outer Galaxy with unusual outward motion.
S., Blitz, L., & Heiles, C
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Young giant stars reveal a flaring Milky Way disc with 3.5 kpc radial scale and extended spiral arms including a curved Perseus segment and a new Scutum-associated feature.
Galactic disks precess ubiquitously from tidal torques, causing warps, orbital heating, and radial alignments of satellites.
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East Asian VLBI Network astrometry toward the star-forming region G040.96+02.48 in the Extreme Outer Galaxy
VLBI astrometry gives a 20.2 kpc distance and 872 pc height for G040.96+02.48, confirming a warp in the Extreme Outer Galaxy with unusual outward motion.
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The flare and spiral structure of the Milky Way's disc as traced by young giant stars
Young giant stars reveal a flaring Milky Way disc with 3.5 kpc radial scale and extended spiral arms including a curved Perseus segment and a new Scutum-associated feature.
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A Universal Dance of Galactic Disks: Ubiquitous Precession and Its Implications
Galactic disks precess ubiquitously from tidal torques, causing warps, orbital heating, and radial alignments of satellites.