Bar of Stars in Galaxy formation and connection to spiral arms in growth. |
As I have suggested ( see -The Bar of stars and the Spiral Arms in Galaxy Evolution.) the Bar and the Spiral Arms are connected physically and may be the same structure as matter migrates from the Bar to become a spiral outside the Bulge as the same double jet.
APOGEE observations have measured the velocities for nearly 5,000 stars near the Galactic centre. With these velocities they assembled a picture of how these stars orbit the centre of the Milky Way. However, quite unexpectedly, they found that a substantial amount of stars in the inner Galaxy associated with the Bar are moving away from us quickly.
This may be evidence for outward spiraling.
Fast outward movement of stars from galaxy centre in the Bar and direct connection with central object. |
Since the 'bar' in the "barred-spiral" appears to be an early-stage galactic formation, this in turn could indicate our own Milky Way is in the younger stages of development.
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