THE SUNS DISPLACEMENT FROM THE GALACTIC PLANE - LIMITS FROM THE DISTRIBUTION OF OB-STAR LATITUDES

Authors
REED BC
Citation
Bc. Reed, THE SUNS DISPLACEMENT FROM THE GALACTIC PLANE - LIMITS FROM THE DISTRIBUTION OF OB-STAR LATITUDES, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 109(740), 1997, pp. 1145-1148
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Journal title
Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
ISSN journal
00046280 → ACNP
Volume
109
Issue
740
Year of publication
1997
Pages
1145 - 1148
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-6280(1997)109:740<1145:TSDFTG>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
Galactic latitudes and photographic magnitudes for large samples (N si milar to 3600-12,000) of OB stars within 10 degrees of the galactic pl ane and 4 kpc of the Sun have been used to estimate the Sun's displace ment Z(0) from the galactic plane. Reasonable choices of average absol ute magnitudes and extinction parameters limit Z(0) to not less than s imilar to 6 nor more than similar to 13 pc, with Z(0) = 10-12 pc most likely.