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THE MILKY WAY & GALAXIES
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To construct a three-dimensional map of the Milky Way's spiral arms, astronomers combine observations of the position of gas clouds on the sky (galactic longitude and latitude) with their calculated distances. How is the crucial distance measurement for a distant gas cloud typically inferred from radio observations?
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