DETERMINATION OF THE GALACTIC ROTATION CURVE BASED ON PLANETARY
NEBULAE
C. M. Dutra, W. J. Maciel
Rev. Mexicana Astron. Astrofis. 21, 264-268 (1990)
Planetary nebulae of types I, IIa, and IIb are considered in order to
determine the galactic rotation curve. It is shown that the curves
defined by the first two types do not differ substantially from
the one derived on the basis of young population I objects, such as
CO-HII molecular complexes.
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