We report the discovery of a new stream (dubbed as Yangtze) detected in Gaia Data Release 3. The stream is at a heliocentric distance of ∼ 9.12 kpc and spans nearly 27deg by 1.9deg on sky. The colour-magnitude diagram of Yangtze indicates a stellar population of Age ∼ 11 Gyr and [M/H] ∼ -0.7 dex. It has a number density of about 5.5 stars degree−2 along with a surface brightness of ΣG≃ 34.9 mag arcsec−2. The dynamics and metallicity estimate suggest that Yangtze may be closely related to Palomar 1 and the Anticenter stream.
@article{arxiv.2302.05232,
title = {A Dwarf Galaxy Debris Stream Associated with Palomar 1 and the Anticenter Stream},
author = {Yong Yang and Jing-Kun Zhao and Xian-Hao Ye and Gang Zhao and Ke-Feng Tan},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2302.05232},
year = {2023}
}
Comments
8 pages, 4 figures, accepted by ApJL. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:2208.05176