Galactic-latitude distribution of bulge M giants at L = 0 deg

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May 1988

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1988aj.....95.1400b&link_type=abstract

Astronomical Journal (ISSN 0004-6256), vol. 95, May 1988, p. 1400-1403.

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Galactic Bulge, Giant Stars, Globular Clusters, M Stars, Metallicity, Milky Way Galaxy, Star Distribution, Galactic Nuclei, Galactic Structure, Spiral Galaxies

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Starcounts of galactic bulge M giants later than subclasses M2, M5, and M7 are made in ten clear regions at various galactic latitudes near the l = 0° meridian. The frequency of each group of giants so selected decreases away from the galactic center much more rapidly than expected from a space distribution that satisfies the R1/4 law with the effective radius proposed by de Vaucouleurs and Pence (1978) for the galactic central spheroid, resembling instead what one would expect from disklike space distributions or R1/4 law spheroids with implausible effective radii. The observed decrease in starcounts is interpreted as being caused by a steep radial metallicity gradient in the bulge similar to that in M31 and other galaxies.

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