ON THE DEPROJECTION OF THE GALACTIC BULGE

Authors
BINNEY J GERHARD O
Citation
J. Binney et O. Gerhard, ON THE DEPROJECTION OF THE GALACTIC BULGE, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 279(3), 1996, pp. 1005-1010
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Journal title
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society → ACNP
ISSN journal
00358711
Volume
279
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
1005 - 1010
Database
ISI
SICI code
0035-8711(1996)279:3<1005:OTDOTG>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
An algorithm is developed and tested for the problem posed by photomet ric observations of the bulge of the Milky Way. The latter subtends a non-trivial solid angle on the sky, and we show that this permits inve rsion of the projected brightness distribution under the assumption th at the bulge has three orthogonal mirror planes of specified orientati on. A serious error in the assumed orientation of the mirror planes sh ould be detectable.