Apex

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Nov 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000eaa..booke4501.&link_type=abstract

"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 4501. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Coordinates, Time, And Motion, Positional Concepts

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The direction of motion of the Sun relative to the stars in the local part of the Galaxy is known as the solar apex, or the apex of the Sun's way. Observations of the proper motions of stars indicate that they show a tendency to diverge from a point in the constellation Hercules, and to converge towards a point in the constellation Columba. These observations indicate that the Sun is moving at a ...

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