... R P is the perigalactic radius and R a , the apogalactic radius. Z max is the maximum deviation of the star from the Galactic plane. THe dotted curve shows the position of the Galactic plane. The hatched horizontal band shows schematically the band in Z , where the probability of that location of the star was calculated. The vertical band shows the width of the column in which we reconstruct the star distribution in Z . ... next figure | previous figure . ...