• Title of article

    Utilization of MASH Planetary Nebula Catalogue of the Year 2006 for the Determination of the Milky-Way Plane

  • Author/Authors

    Sendi, A.M. King Abdulaziz University - Faculty of Science - Astronomy and Space Science, Saudi Arabia

  • From page
    367
  • To page
    370
  • Abstract
    In this paper, the equatorial coordinates of the galactic pole(áp, äp) for the epoch 2000.0. was computed using the most recent dataof the MASH planetary nebulae catalogue of the year 2006. As aresult, the inclination of the Milky way plane to the celestial equator igand the right ascension of its ascending node Ωg at the same epoch arealso computed.
  • Keywords
    Position astronomy , Galactic structure , ephemeris
  • Journal title
    Journal of King Abdulaziz University : Science
  • Journal title
    Journal of King Abdulaziz University : Science
  • Record number

    2699270