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The Field of Streams: Sagittarius and Its Siblings

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Belokurov, V., Zucker, D. B., Evans, N. W., Gilmore, G., Vidrih, S., Bramich, D. M., Newberg, H. J., Wyse, R. F. G., Irwin, M. J., Fellhauer, M., Hewett, P. C., Walton, N. A., Wilkinson, M. I., Cole, N., Yanny, B., Rockosi, C. M., Beers, T. C., Bell, E. F., Brinkmann, J., Ivezić, Ž., Lupton, R.·2006·The Astrophysical Journal

Abstract

We use Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) Data Release 5 (DR5) u , g , r , i , z photometry to study Milky Way halo substructure in the area around the north Galactic cap. A simple color cut ( g - r < 0.4) reveals the tidal stream of the Sagittarius dwarf spheroidal galaxy, as well as a number of other stellar structures in the field. Two branches (A and B) of the Sagittarius stream are clearly visible in an RGB composite image created from three magnitude slices, and there is also evidence for a still more distant wrap behind the A branch. A comparison of these data with numerical models suggests that the shape of the Galactic dark halo is close to spherical.

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Belokurov, V., Zucker, D. B., Evans, N. W., Gilmore, G., Vidrih, S., Bramich, D. M., Newberg, H. J., Wyse, R. F. G., Irwin, M. J., Fellhauer, M., Hewett, P. C., Walton, N. A., Wilkinson, M. I., Cole, N., Yanny, B., Rockosi, C. M., Beers, T. C., Bell, E. F., Brinkmann, J., Ivezić, Ž., & Lupton, R.
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The Astrophysical Journal
Published
2006-04-24
Volume
642
Issue
2
Pages
L137-L140
ISSN
  • 0004-637X (ISSN-L)
  • 1538-4357
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915
References
35
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31.82
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Belokurov, V., Zucker, D. B., Evans, N. W., Gilmore, G., Vidrih, S., Bramich, D. M., Newberg, H. J., Wyse, R. F. G., Irwin, M. J., Fellhauer, M., Hewett, P. C., Walton, N. A., Wilkinson, M. I., Cole, N., Yanny, B., Rockosi, C. M., Beers, T. C., Bell, E. F., Brinkmann, J., . . . Lupton, R. (2006). The Field of Streams: Sagittarius and Its Siblings. The Astrophysical Journal. https://doi.org/10.1086/504797

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