T. D. Kinman, C. Cacciari, A. Bragaglia, A. Buzzoni, A. Spagna
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New GSC-II proper motions of RR Lyrae and Blue Horizontal Branch (BHB) stars near the North Galactic Pole are used to show that the Galactic Halo 5 kpc above the Plane has a significantly retrograde galactic rotation.
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New GSC-II proper motions of RR Lyrae and Blue Horizontal Branch (BHB) stars near the North Galactic Pole are used to show that the Galactic Halo 5 kpc above the Plane has a significantly retrograde galactic rotation.
Key concepts: RR Lyrae variable, Galactic halo, Halo, Galactic plane, Astrophysics, Rotation (mathematics), Physics, Stars