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   David Solimano to Hils   
   Re: Wandering stars   
   02 Aug 15 19:44:18   
   
   From: david@solimano.org   
      
   On Sat, 01 Aug 2015 09:13:13 +0100, Hils  wrote:   
      
   >"About 30 percent of the stars in our Galaxy have traveled a long way   
   >from the orbits in which they were born."   
   >   
   >To build a map of the Milky Way, [..] scientists used the SDSS Apache   
   >Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Explorer (APOGEE) spectrograph to   
   >observe 100,000 stars during a 4-year campaign."   
   >   
   >http://www.sdss3.org/press/20150730.farfromhome.php   
      
   That's fascinating.  I wonder how far we've drifted.   
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   David Solimano   
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