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DTSTART:20091215T213000Z
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LOCATION:3425 Sterling Hall
SUMMARY:Advances in Galactic Cartography\, Astronomy Colloquium\, Dr. 
 Robert Benjamin\, UW- Whitewater
DESCRIPTION:The Milky Way Galaxy is one of the few galaxies\, and the 
 only edge-on spiral galaxy that can be resolved in detail. But it has 
 been a decades-long slog to try to determine its structure and ascerta
 in how it would look to an outside observer. Although great progress h
 as been made in understanding the Galactic bar and central molecular z
 one in the last few decades\, a reliable understanding of the spiral s
 tructure has eluded us for a long time.  For several reasons\, that is
  about to change. I review these advances in Galactic cartography\, wi
 th an emphasis on mapping of the Galactic stellar  disk and bar with a
  standard  candle using data from GLIMPSE\, 2MASS\, and UKIDSS. 
URL:https://www.physics.wisc.edu/events/?id=1712
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