Astrophysical: Milky Way Galaxy

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    The Local Group as a benchmark for Galaxy Evolution, on IAC Winter School
    La XXXIV Canary Islands Winter School of Astrophysics, organizada por el Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) y la Universidad de La Laguna (ULL), tendrá...
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    The local interstellar medium toward the center of Loop I
    The present study of the local insterstellar medium toward the center of Loop I analyzes optical and UV spectra of nearby stars within the l = 310-330 deg, b =...
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    The morphology and luminosity function of the Galactic bulge from TMGS star counts
    The bulge of the Galaxy is analyzed by inverting K-band star counts from the Two-Micron Galactic Survey in a number of off-plane regions. A total area of about...
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    The Second Data Release of the Survey of the MAgellanic Stellar History (SMASH)
    The Large and Small Magellanic Clouds (LMC and SMC) are the largest satellite galaxies of the Milky Way and close enough to allow for a detailed exploration of...
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    The Sixth Data Release of the Radial Velocity Experiment (RAVE). I. Survey Description, Spectra, and Radial Velocities
    The Radial Velocity Experiment (RAVE) is a magnitude-limited (9 < I < 12) spectroscopic survey of Galactic stars randomly selected in Earth's southern...
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    The Sixth Data Release of the Radial Velocity Experiment (RAVE). II. Stellar Atmospheric Parameters, Chemical Abundances, and Distances
    We present part 2 of the sixth and final Data Release (DR6) of the Radial Velocity Experiment (RAVE), a magnitude-limited ( $9\lt I\lt 12$ ) spectroscopic...