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Record 1 1977-09-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Astronomy
OBS

The galactic center is about 10,000 parsecs from the sun in the direction of Sagittarius.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Astronomie
OBS

[L'équateur galactique] coincïde presque avec la ligne médiane de la Voie lactée. En examinant à partir du Système solaire le centre de ce système, qui est le "centre galactique", on aperçoit qu'il se projette sur le Sagittaire en un point aux coordonnées [alpha] = 265 ° et [sigma] = -29 °

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