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We explore the stellar structure of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) disk using data from the Survey of the MAgellanic Stellar History (SMASH) and the Dark Energy Survey. We detect a ring-like stellar overdensity in the red clump star count…

The Milky Way is a unique laboratory, where stellar properties can be measured and analyzed in detail. In particular, stars in the older populations encode information on the mechanisms that led to the formation of our Galaxy. In this…

We present results from a WIYN/OPTIC photometric and astrometric survey of the field of the open cluster NGC 188 ((l,b) = (122.8\arcdeg, 22.5\arcdeg)). We combine these results with the proper-motion and photometry catalog of Platais et al.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-18 Dana I. Casetti-Dinescu , Terrence M. Girard , Imants Platais , William F. van Altena

We present the discovery of an inhomogenous, low-surface brightness, extended disk-like structure around the Andromeda galaxy (M31) based on a large kinematic survey of more than 2800 stars with the Keck/DEIMOS spectrograph. The stellar…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 R. Ibata , S. Chapman , A. M. N. Ferguson , G. Lewis , M. Irwin , N. Tanvir

We present the first detailed study of the behaviour of the stellar proper motion across the entire Galactic Anti-centre area visible in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey data. We use recalibrated SDSS astrometry in combination with positions…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-11-01 T. J. L. de Boer , V. Belokurov , S. E. Koposov

Aims. We explore the outer Galactic disc up to a Galactocentric distance of 30 kpc to derive its parameters and measure the magnitude of its flare. Methods. We obtained the 3D density of stars of type F8V-G5V with a colour selection from…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-09-05 M. Lopez-Corredoira , J. Molgo

In the epoch of deep photometric surveys, a large number of substructures, e.g., over-densities, streams, were identified. With the help of astrometry and spectroscopy, the community revealed a complex picture of our Milky Way (MW) after…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-12-27 Yi Qiao , Baitian Tang , Jianhui Lian , Jing Li , Cheng Xu

To determine the nature of the recently discovered, ring-like stellar structure at the Galactic anticenter, we have collected spectra of a set of presumed constituent M giants selected from the 2MASS point source catalog. Radial velocities…

We combine the Siding Spring Survey of RR Lyrae stars with the Southern Proper Motion Catalog 4, in order to detect and kinematically characterize overdensities in the inner halo of the Milky Way. We identify one such overdensity above the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-09-09 D. I. Casetti-Dinescu , D. A. Nusdeo , T. M. Girard , V. I. Korchagin , W. F. van Altena

Our Galaxy is thought to have undergone an active evolutionary history dominated by star formation, the accretion of cold gas, and, in particular, mergers up to 10 gigayear ago. The stellar halo reveals rich fossil evidence of these…

The study of the Milky Way stellar discs in the context of galaxy formation is discussed. In particular we explore the properties of the Milky Way disc using a new sample of about 550 dwarf stars for which we have recently obtained…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 S. Feltzing , T. Bensby

We study the vertical structure of a stellar disk obtained from a fully cosmological high-resolution hydrodynamical simulation of the formation of a Milky Way-like galaxy. At the present day, the disk's mean vertical height shows a…

We present a chemodynamical study of the Triangulum-Andromeda overdensity (TriAnd) employing a sample of 31 candidate stars observed with the GRACES high-resolution ($R$=40,000) spectrograph at the Gemini North (8.1 m) telescope. TriAnd is…

We present the results of deep imaging obtained at the CFHT with MegaCam in the Anticenter direction at two different heights above the Galactic disk. We detect the presence of the Monoceros ring in both fields as a conspicuous and narrow…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-27 A. Sollima , D. Valls-Gabaud , D. Martinez-Delgado , J. Fliri , J. Penarrubia , H. Hoekstra

We reveal the highly structured nature of the Milky Way stellar halo within the footprint of the PAndAS photometric survey from blue main sequence and main sequence turn-off stars. We map no fewer than five stellar structures within a…

We report ALMA observations in 0.87 mm continuum and $^{12}$CO ($J$ = 3--2) toward a very low-luminosity ($<$0.1 $L_{\odot}$) protostar, which is deeply embedded in one of the densest core MC27/L1521F, in Taurus with an indication of…

As part of our radial velocity survey of low Galactic latitude structures that surround the Galactic disc, we report the detection of the so called Monoceros Ring in the foreground of the Carina dwarf galaxy at Galactic coordinates…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 N. F. Martin , M. J. Irwin , R. A. Ibata , B. C. Conn , G. F. Lewis , M. Bellazzini , S. Chapman , N. Tanvir

Despite their relatively high intrinsic brightness and the fact that they are more numerous than younger OB stars and kinematically colder than older red giants, A-type stars have rarely been used as Galactic tracers. They may, in fact, be…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-10-18 J. Ardèvol , M. Monguió , F. Figueras , M. Romero-Gómez , J. M. Carrasco

An AAT/2dF Spectrograph Survey of low Galactic latitudes targeting the putative Canis Major dwarf galaxy, and the (possibly) associated tidal debris of stars known as the Monoceros Ring, covering Galactic coordinates 231.5$^{\circ}< ${\it…

Iorio et al. (2018) mapped out the Milky Way halo using a sample of RR Lyrae stars drawn from a cross-match of Gaia with 2MASS. We investigate the significant residual in their model which we constrain to lie at Galactocentric radii…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-11-28 D. Boubert , V. Belokurov , D. Erkal , G. Iorio