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astro-ph2005
Determination of the Galactic Rotation Using Open Star Clusters: Preliminary Results
Peter M. Frinchaboy, Steven R. Majewski
The dark matter distribution of the Milky Way remains among the major unsolved problems about our home galaxy. The masses of other spiral galaxies can be determined from their rota…
astro-ph2003
The Optical Emission from Gamma-ray Quasars
Matthew Whiting, Petra Majewski, Rachel Webster
We present photometric observations of six radio-loud quasars that were detected by the COMPTEL gamma-ray telescope. The data encompasses seven wavebands in the optical and near-in…