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Bengt Strömgren's Approach to the Galaxy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 2008

Bengt Gustafsson*
Affiliation:
Department of Physics & Astronomy, Uppsala University, Box 515, SE-75120 Uppsala, Sweden email: bg@astro.uu.se
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Abstract

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The contributions of Bengt Strömgren to the exploration and understanding of the Galactic Disk are sketched. The question what we can learn from his systematic approach is discussed.

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Contributed Papers
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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2009

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