Bibcode
Centurion, Miriam; Vladilo, Giovanni
Bibliographical reference
Astronomy and Astrophysics (ISSN 0004-6361), vol. 251, no. 1, Nov. 1991, p. 245-252.
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1991
Citations
18
Refereed citations
16
Description
An analysis of 50 optical spectra of the interstellar methylidyne ion in
the direction of HD26676 and HD149038 derived very similar interstellar
isotopic ratios for the two lines-of-sight. A lack of a Galactic
gradient in isotopic ratios is noted which is consistent with the
location in the solar vicinity of the gas in front of HD149038. The
results obtained support a modest decrease of the interstellar C-12/C-13
ratio since the time of the sun's formation, rather than the factor-of-2
decrease which is often encountered in the literature.