Restored 2-D velocity field of the sample of 461 stellar objects and 316 molecular clouds in reference frame rotating with the angular velocity of the Local Standard of Rest. The Sun is at the point (0,8). The Galactic center is at the point (0,0).
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A.M.Fridman, O.V.Khoruzhii, V.V.Lyakhovich, V.S.Avedisova, O.K.Silchenko, A.V.Zasov,
A.S.Rustorguev, V.L. Anafanasiev, S.N. Dodonov, J.Boulesteix,
Spiral-vortex structure in gaseous disks of galaxies, Astrophysics and Space Science,
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A.M.Fridman, O.V.Khoruzhii, V.V.Lyakhovich, V.S.Avedisova, O.K.Silchenko, A.V.Zasov,
A.S.Rustorguev, V.L. Anafanasiev, S.N. Dodonov, J.Boulesteix,
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galaxies, JENAM-97, Thessaloniki,Greece,2-5 July, 1997, Late abstracts,p.11
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