Galactic Bulges

ISBN-13: 9780792324249 / Angielski / Twarda / 1993 / 488 str.

International Astronomical Union; Herwig Dejonghe; Harm J. Habing

Opis

This book contains the proceedings of the first large IAU Symposium dedicated to the bulges of spiral galaxies. Detailed attention is paid to the bulge of the Milky Way, one of the major building blocks of this system. Topics include the definition of the bulge in our Galaxy and its relation to the so-called spheroid.