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Stellar Proper Motion

Stellar Proper Motion is the apparent angular displacement of a star across the celestial sphere over time, as observed from the Solar System barycenter, distinguished from radial motion by its transverse component relative to the line of sight.

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Interstellar bubbles. II - Structure and evolution

R. P. Weaver, Richard McCray, J. Castor et al. · The Astrophysical Journal · 1977 · 1.7K citations

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Local stellar kinematics from Hipparcos data

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 1998 · 1.1K citations · Full text

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TRIGONOMETRIC PARALLAXES OF MASSIVE STAR-FORMING REGIONS. VI. GALACTIC STRUCTURE, FUNDAMENTAL PARAMETERS, AND NONCIRCULAR MOTIONS

M. J. Reid, K. M. Menten, Xin Zheng et al. · The Astrophysical Journal · 2009 · 1K citations · Full text

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Calculating galactic space velocities and their uncertainties, with an application to the Ursa Major group

David R. Soderblom · The Astronomical Journal · 1987 · 931 citations

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Stellar Orbits around the Galactic Center Black Hole

A. M. Ghez, Samir Salim, S. D. Hornstein et al. · The Astrophysical Journal · 2005 · 806 citations · Full text

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    Andrew Gould

    The Ohio State University, United States

    15 publications · 772 citations

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    Jay Anderson

    Space Telescope Science Institute, United States

    12 publications · 552 citations

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    Roeland P. van der Marel

    Space Telescope Science Institute, United States

    12 publications · 1.1K citations

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    M. J. Reid

    Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian, United States

    11 publications · 1.9K citations

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    Steven R. Majewski

    University of Virginia, United States

    12 publications · 628 citations

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  1. Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian

    Cambridge, United States

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    160 publications

    15.8K citations

  2. Space Telescope Science Institute

    Baltimore, United States

    37 h-index

    143 publications

    12.6K citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    33 h-index

    131 publications

    9.5K citations

  4. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    32 h-index

    75 publications

    5.4K citations

  5. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    26 h-index

    70 publications

    6.2K citations

  6. Princeton University

    Princeton, United States

    26 h-index

    53 publications

    3.9K citations

  7. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    26 h-index

    72 publications

    13.2K citations

  8. Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy

    Bonn, Germany

    26 h-index

    80 publications

    11.2K citations

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  1. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 285 publications · 25K citations

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  2. The Astronomical Journal

    AJ · 146 publications · 8.7K citations

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  3. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

    142 publications · 9.4K citations

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  4. Astronomy and Astrophysics

    128 publications · 7K citations

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  5. The Astrophysical Journal Letters

    28 publications · 1.7K citations

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