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Distribution of red giants perpendicular to the Milky Way disk. The plot shows the number of K giant stars above the Sun seen in a survey taken with telescopes at Mount Stromlo Observatory. The distance of the stars above the Sun is expressed in parsecs (a little over 3 light years); the survey reaches stars more than 3000 light years away. The curve shows the expected number of stars based on a theoretical computation using the gravitational attraction of all the known stars around the Sun; it is a very good match to the data.
 


 





For further information:  

Chris Flynn
Tuorla Observatory
Väisäläntie 20
FIN-21500 Piikkiö
Finland

Tel: +358 (0)2 2744244
Fax: +358 (0)2 2433767
email: cflynn@astro.utu.fi





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Research supported by the ANTARES program of the Academy of Finland