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New observations of high velocity clouds show that these may be interpreted in terms of an extension of the outermost spiral arm, confirming and extending the model of Habing.
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DAVIES, R. Outer Spiral Structure and High Velocity Clouds in the Galaxy. Nature 237, 88–91 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/237088a0
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