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ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS
Volume 473, Issue 1, Pages 143-U9Publisher
EDP SCIENCES S A
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20077691
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stars : carbon; stars : kinematics; Galaxy : disk; Galaxy : kinematics and dynamics
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Context. The availability, from 2MASS, of a large homogeneous sample of Galactic C stars and the recognition that their absolute magnitude can be accurately determined offer the possibility to use them as kinematical probes to investigate motions in the thin or thick disks. Aims. Determine the radial velocities for 70 C stars, a few degrees from the Galactic plane and distributed in longitudes from 60 degrees to 220 degrees. Methods. Spectra, with a resolution of 4300, were obtained with the DAO 1.8 m telescope during 6 beautiful nights in October 2006. Results. The rotation velocities of C stars with 60 degrees < l < 150 degrees. suggest a flat rotation curve to 15 kpc. A number of stars have velocities that do not fit the thin disk rotation. Some of them, toward l = 200. are most probably members of the Canis Major overdensity. Conclusions. Effort should be made to extend the rotation curve to more that 20 kpc.
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