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From: ethan@utastro.UUCP (Ethan Vishniac)
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Subject: Re: Where's the center of the universe?
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In my last article I said:

> The direction of motion of the sun is toward RA 11.4, dec 5 degrees.  The
> velocity is about 400 km/sec.  The galactic center is at RA 12.8, dec 27.5
> degrees.  In other words, they are not in the same direction.  The motion
> of the sun is presumed to have the following components

I blew it.  Those are the coordinates for the North Galactic Pole.  The
coordinates of the galactic center are RA 17 hr 42.4 m and dec=-28 degrees  55m.
Sorry for the confusion.  I read the wrong numbers out of Mihalas and Binney.
Thanks to Harold Corwin for pointing out my error.
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"Don't argue with a fool.      Ethan Vishniac
 Borrow his money."            {charm,ut-sally,ut-ngp,noao}!utastro!ethan
                               Department of Astronomy
                               University of Texas