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We present a comprehensive and precise description of the Sagittarius (Sgr) stellar stream's 3D geometry as traced by its old stellar population. This analysis draws on the sample of ${\sim}44,000$ RR Lyrae (RRab) stars from the Pan-STARRS1…

We present the first full six-dimensional panoramic portrait of the Sagittarius stream, obtained by searching for wide stellar streams in the Gaia DR2 dataset with the STREAMFINDER algorithm. We use the kinematic behavior of the sample to…

We aim to measure the proper motion along the Sagittarius stream that is the missing piece to determine its full 6D phase space coordinates. We conduct a blind search of over-densities in proper motion from Gaia DR2 in a broad region around…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-03-04 T. Antoja , P. Ramos , C. Mateu , A. Helmi , F. Anders , C. Jordi , J. A. Carballo-Bello

The Sagittarius dwarf spheroidal (Sgr) is a dissolving galaxy being tidally disrupted by the Milky Way (MW). Its stellar stream still poses serious modelling challenges, which hinders our ability to use it effectively as a probe of the MW…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-10-12 P. Ramos , T. Antoja , Z. Yuan , A. Arentsen , P. -A. Oria , B. Famaey , R. Ibata , C. Mateu , J. A. Carballo-Bello

We use LAMOST DR4 M giants combined with Gaia DR2 proper motions and ALLWISE photometry to obtain an extremely pure sample of Sagittarius (Sgr) stream stars. Using TiO5 and CaH spectral indices as an indicator, we selected out a large…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-04-10 Jing Li , Chao Liu , Xiangxiang Xue , Jing Zhong , Jake Weiss , Jeffrey L. Carlin , Hao Tian

Using multi-epoch observations of the Stripe 82 region done by Sloan Digital Sky Survey, we measure precise statistical proper motions of the stars in the Sagittarius stellar stream. The multi-band photometry and SDSS radial velocities…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2013-03-28 Sergey E. Koposov , Vasily Belokurov , N. Wyn Evans

The Sagittarius (Sgr) dwarf spheroidal galaxy is one of the most prominent satellites of the Milky Way (MW). It is currently undergoing tidal disruption, forming an extensive stellar stream that provides key insights into the assembly…

We constructed a sample of 13,798 stars with $T\rm_{eff}$, log $g$, [Fe/H], radial velocity, proper motions and parallaxes from LAMOST DR5 and Gaia DR2 in the LAMOST Complete Spectroscopic Survey of Pointing Area (LaCoSSPAr) at the Southern…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-12-02 J. K. Zhao , X. H. Ye , H. Wu , M. Yang , Terry D. Oswalt , X. X. Xue , Y. Q. Chen , J. J. Zhang , G. Zhao

We present an analysis of Galactic halo structure and substructure traced by ~500 RR Lyrae stars in the SDSS stripe 82 region. The main result of this study is a 2D map of the Galactic halo that reaches distances of 100 kpc and traces…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2011-05-23 Branimir Sesar

We present the analysis of 1,207 RR Lyrae found in photometry taken by the Catalina Survey's Mount Lemmon telescope. By combining accurate distances for these stars with measurements for ~14,000 type-AB RR Lyrae from the Catalina Schmid…

The Sagittarius (Sgr) Stream is produced by the ongoing disruption of the Sgr dwarf spheroidal (dSph) galaxy and is thought to contain multiple wraps that were stripped during different pericentric passages. In this study, we introduce a…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-05-15 Jian Zhang , Cuihua Du , Mingji Deng , Zhongcheng Li , Haoyang Liu

Context. The Sagittarius (Sgr) dwarf spheroidal galaxy is currently being disrupted under the strain of the Milky Way. A reliable reconstruction of Sgr star formation history can only be obtained by combining core and stream information.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 L. Monaco , M. Bellazzini , P. Bonifacio , A. Buzzoni , F. R. Ferraro , G. Marconi , L. Sbordone , S. Zaggia

The tidal disruption of the Sagittarius dwarf galaxy has generated a spectacular stream of stars wrapping around the entire Galaxy. We use data from $Gaia$ and the H3 Stellar Spectroscopic Survey to identify 823 high-quality Sagittarius…

We trace the tidal Stream of the Sagittarius dwarf spheroidal galaxy (Sgr dSph) using Red Clump stars from the catalog of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey - Data Release 6, in the range 150{\deg} < RA < 220{\deg}, corresponding to the range of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-19 M. Correnti , M. Bellazzini , R. A. Ibata , F. R. Ferraro , A. Varghese

We assemble a catalogue of candidate Sagittarius stream members with 5d and 6d phase-space information, using astrometric data from Gaia DR2, distances estimated from RR Lyrae stars, and line-of-sight velocities from various spectroscopic…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-02-22 Eugene Vasiliev , Vasily Belokurov , Denis Erkal

We have measured radial velocities and metallicities of 16 RR Lyrae stars, from the QUEST survey, in the Sagittarius tidal stream at 50 kpc from the galactic center. The distribution of velocities is quite narrow (std dev=25 km/s)…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. Katherina Vivas , Robert Zinn , Carme Gallart

Stellar streams are sensitive laboratories for understanding the small-scale structure in our Galaxy's gravitational field. Here, we analyze the morphology of the $300S$ stellar stream, which has an eccentric, retrograde orbit and thus…

We have probed a section (l ~ 150, b ~ -60) of the trailing tidal arm of the Sagittarius dwarf spheroidal galaxy by identifying a sample of Red Clump stream stars. Red Clump stars are not generally found in the halo field, but are found in…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2012-10-10 Kenneth Carrell , Ronald Wilhelm , Yuqin Chen

We use Gaia DR2 data to show that the globular cluster NGC5634 is physically associated with an arm of the Sagittarius Stream, the huge system of tidal tails created by the ongoing disruption of the Sagittarius dwarf spheroidal galaxy (Sgr…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-10-29 M. Bellazzini , R. Ibata

Using Gaia DR3 data, we examine the kinematics of the central core of the Sagittarius (Sgr) dwarf spheroidal galaxy using data which includes proper motions and line-of-sight velocities for member stars in addition to their projected…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-08-28 Isabelle S. Goldstein , Louis E. Strigari
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