Video of 3D Map of Classical Cepheid Variable Stars in the Milky Way (VIDEO)

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Video of the 3D distribution of the classical Cepheid variable stars in the Milky Way's warped disc (red and blue points) centered on the location of the sun.

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Richard de Grijs (Macquarie University)

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