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THERE is substantial evidence of a major discontinuity in the structure of the Galaxy at lII = 140°. This evidence is provided by large changes in the numbers of Wolf–Rayet stars, dust-embedded stars and interstellar globules, in the wavelength dependence of the position angles of interstellar polarization of starlight, and in the orientation of the polarization vectors of galactic radio waves on each side of that longitude.
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REDDISH, V. A Galactic Discontinuity at lII = 140°. Nature 213, 1107–1108 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/2131107b0
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