ISSN:
1476-4687
Source:
Nature Archives 1869 - 2009
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
Notes:
[Auszug] Nearly face-on, with an inclination angle of ~30á° to the sky plane, NGC6946 (~5-10Mpc away) has no apparent companion galaxy and may7'8 or may not9 have a weak central bar. Both of its optical and magnetic spiral arms occupy a disk angular radius of ~4arcmin (refs 1, 3) within which the ...
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/383800a0
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