Galactic Astronomy: Structure and Kinematics
- ISBN-10
- 0716712806
- ISBN-13
- 9780716712800
- Series
- Galactic Astronomy
- Category
- Galaxies
- Pages
- 597
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1981
- Publisher
- W H Freeman & Company
- Authors
- James Binney, Dimitri Mihalas
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