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We report the discovery of two well-defined tidal tails emerging from the sparse remote globular cluster Palomar 5. These tails stretch out symmetrically to both sides of the cluster in the direction of constant Galactic latitude and…

We report the discovery of tidal tails around the two outer halo globular clusters, Eridanus and Palomar 15, based on $gi$-band images obtained with DECam at the CTIO 4-m Blanco Telescope. The tidal tails are among the most remote stellar…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-01-25 G. C. Myeong , Helmut Jerjen , Dougal Mackey , Gary S. Da Costa

Using wide-field photometric data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) we recently showed that the Galactic globular cluster Palomar 5 is in the process of being tidally disrupted. Its tidal tails were initially detected in a 2.5 degree…

Using the Optimal Filter Technique applied to Sloan Digital Sky Survey photometry, we have found extended tails stretching about 1 degree (or several tens of half-light radii) from either side of the ultra-faint globular cluster Palomar 1.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-19 M. Niederste-Ostholt , V. Belokurov , N. W. Evans , S. Koposov , M. Gieles , M. J. Irwin

Using Data Release 4 of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, we have applied an optimal contrast, matched filter technique to trace the trailing tidal tail of the globular cluster Palomar 5 to a distance of 18.5 degrees from the center of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 C. J. Grillmair , O. Dionatos

Stars that escape globular clusters form tidal tails that are predominantly shaped by the global distribution of mass in the Galaxy, but also preserve a historical record of small-scale perturbations. Using deep $grz$ photometry from…

In the last decade, observational studies have shown the existence of tidal streams in the outer part of many galactic globular clusters. The most striking examples of clusters with well defined tidal tails are represented by Palomar 5 and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 P. Di Matteo , R. Capuzzo Dolcetta , P. Miocchi , M. Montuori

We use photometry from the DECam Legacy Survey to detect candidate tidal tails extending ~5 deg on either side of the Palomar 13 globular cluster. The tails are aligned with the proper motion of Palomar 13 and are consistent with its old,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-11-11 Nora Shipp , Adrian Price-Whelan , Kiyan Tavangar , Cecilia Mateu , Alex Drlica-Wagner

The Sixth Data Release (DR6) in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) provides more photometric regions, new features and more accurate data around globular cluster Palomar 5. A new method, Back Propagation Neural Network (BPNN), is used to…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-19 H. Zou , Z. -Y. Wu , J. Ma , X. Zhou

We present the results of detailed N-body simulations of clusters moving in a realistic Milky Way (MW) potential. The strong interaction with the bulge and the disk of the Galaxy leads to the formation of tidal tails, emanating from…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 M. Montuori , R. Capuzzo-Dolcetta , P. Di Matteo , A. Lepinette , P. Miocchi

We report the discovery of tidal tails around the high-latitude Galactic globular cluster NGC 5466 in Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) data. Neural networks are used to reconstruct the probability distribution of cluster stars in u,g,r,i and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 V. Belokurov , N. W. Evans , M. J. Irwin , P. C. Hewett , M. I. Wilkinson

We report the discovery of tidal tails around the Galactic globular cluster NGC 7492, based on the Data Release 1 of the Pan-STARRS 1 survey. The tails were detected with a version of the matched filter technique applied to the $(g-r,r)$…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-05-31 Camila Navarrete , Vasily Belokurov , Sergey E. Koposov

We discuss recent observational and numerical work on tidal tails in globular clusters. Evidence of tidal tails has now been found in 16 Galactic globulars and 4 globulars in M31. Simulations indicate that mapping of these tidal tails over…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Carl J. Grillmair

We present the stellar main sequence luminosity function (LF) of the disrupted, low-mass, low-concentration globular cluster Palomar 5 and its well-defined tidal tails, which emanate from the cluster as a result of its tidal interaction…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 A. Koch , E. K. Grebel , M. Odenkirchen , D. Martinez-Delgado , J. A. R. Caldwell

We present an implementation of the matched-filter technique to detect tidal tails of globular clusters. The method was tested using SDSS data for the globular cluster Palomar 5 revealing its well known tidal tails. We also ran a simulation…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-28 Eduardo Balbinot , Basílio X. Santiago , Luiz N. da Costa , Martin Makler , Marcio A. G. Maia

I analyse the projected density distribution of member stars over a wide area surrounding 18 Galactic globular clusters using the photometric and astrometric information provided by the second data release of the Gaia mission. A 5D mixture…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-05-27 A. Sollima

We detected extended, curved stellar tidal tails emanating from the sparse, disrupting halo globular cluster Pal 5, which cover 10 degrees on the sky. These streams allow us to infer the orbit of Pal 5 and to ultimately constrain the…

We examine the longitudinal distribution of the stars escaping from a cluster along tidal tails. Using both theory and simulations, we show that, even in the case of a star cluster in a circular galactic orbit, when the tide is steady, the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Andreas H. W. Küpper , Andrew Macleod , Douglas C. Heggie

Palomar 5 is one of the sparsest star clusters in the Galactic halo and is best-known for its spectacular tidal tails, spanning over 20 degrees across the sky. With N-body simulations we show that both distinguishing features can result…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-07-06 Mark Gieles , Denis Erkal , Fabio Antonini , Eduardo Balbinot , Jorge Peñarrubia

Context: Tidal tails of open clusters are the result of stellar evaporation from the cluster through the Galactic potential and internal dynamics. With the recent availability of high-precision data, tidal tails are being detected for most…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-01-30 Dhanraj Risbud , Vikrant V. Jadhav , Pavel Kroupa
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