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Fig. 7
Schematic view of M 31. A generic ellipse with ellipticity ϵ = 0.78 is plotted, this corresponds to an inclination angle of i = 77∘ , the disk major axis has position angle PA = 38∘. The half of the galaxy to the north-west of the major axis is the near side (Henderson 1979).
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