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In this exercise, students use the locations of globular clusters in the galactic halo to estimate the distance of the Sun from the center of the Milky Way.
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Title = {Distance to the Center of the Milky Way},
Publisher = {University of Washington Astronomy Department},
Volume = {2025},
Number = {1 May 2025},
Month = {January 9, 2008},
Year = {1999}
}
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