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Multi-wavelength images from the Hubble Space Telescope covering the wavelength range 0.27-1.6 $\mu$m show that the central area of the nearby dwarf galaxy NGC4449 contains several tens of compact sources that are emitting in the hydrogen…

The possibility of a gaseous halo stream which was stripped from the Sagittarius dwarf galaxy is presented. The total mass of the neutral hydrogen along the orbit of the Sgr dwarf in the direction of the Galactic anticenter is 4-10 x 10^6…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. E. Putman , C. Thom , B. K. Gibson , L. Staveley-Smith

We present visible and near-infrared images of the amorphous dwarf galaxy NGC 1705 in the $B$, $V$, $R$, $J$, $H$, and $K$ bands. Optical and near infrared colors in the galaxy are consistent with a composite population with colors similar…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-15 A. C. Quillen , Solange V. Ramírez , Jay A. Frogel

Nearby stellar streams carry unique information on the dynamical evolution and disruption of stellar systems in the Galaxy, the mass distribution in the disk, and provide unique targets for planet formation and evolution studies. We revisit…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-07-08 S. Ratzenböck , S. Meingast , J. Alves , T. Möller , I. Bomze

The young open cluster Dolidze 25, in the direction of the Galactic Anticentre, has been attributed a very low metallicity, with typical abundances between $-0.5$ and $-0.7$ dex below solar. We intend to derive accurate cluster parameters…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-07 Ignacio Negueruela , Sergio Simón-Díaz , Javier Lorenzo , Norberto Castro , Artemio Herrero

We report the kinematic discovery of the Pisces Stellar Stream (PSS), at Galactic longitude of roughly l=135 degrees and longitude between -39 < b < -36 deg. We originally identified this halo substructure from velocities of red giant…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-15 Charles Martin , Jeffrey L. Carlin , Heidi Jo Newberg , Carl Grillmair

Recently, a new cylindrical-shaped stream of stars up to 700 pc long was discovered hiding in the Galactic disk using kinematic data enabled by the Gaia mission. This stream of stars, dubbed Pisces-Eridanus (Psc-Eri), was initially thought…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-06-17 Keith Hawkins , Madeline Lucey , Jason Curtis

(abridged) We present a dynamical analysis of the extended stellar stream encircling NGC 1097. Within a statistical framework, we model its surface brightness using mock streams as in Amorisco (2015) and deep imaging data from the CHART32…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-04-16 N. C. Amorisco , D. Martinez-Delgado , J. Schedler

We present an atlas and follow-up spectroscopic observations of 87 thin stream-like structures detected with the STREAMFINDER algorithm in Gaia DR3, of which 29 are new discoveries. Here we focus on using these streams to refine mass models…

The stellar stream connected to the Sagittarius (Sgr) dwarf galaxy is the most massive tidal stream that has been mapped in the Galaxy, and is the dominant contributor to the outer stellar halo of the Milky Way. We present metallicity maps…

We assess the practicality of computing the distance to stellar streams in our Galaxy, using the method of Galactic parallax suggested by Eyre & Binney (2009). We find that the uncertainty in Galactic parallax is dependent upon the specific…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-11-20 Andy Eyre

The Ophiuchus stream is a short arc-like stellar feature of uncertain origin located $\sim 5$ kpc North of the Galactic centre. New proper motions from the second $Gaia$ data release reconcile the direction of motion of stream members with…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-01-22 James M. M. Lane , Julio F. Navarro , Azadeh Fattahi , Kyle A. Oman , Jo Bovy

We report the detection of spatially distinct stellar density features near the apocenters of the Sagittarius (Sgr) stream's main leading and trailing arm. These features are clearly visible in a high-fidelity stellar halo map that is based…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-08-02 Branimir Sesar , Nina Hernitschek , Marion I. P. Dierickx , Mark A. Fardal , Hans-Walter Rix

We present candidate K-giant members in the Orphan Stream which have been identified from low-resolution data taken with the AAOmega spectrograph on the Anglo-Australian Telescope. From modest S/N spectra and independent cuts in photometry,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-12 Andrew R. Casey , Gary Da Costa , Stefan C. Keller , Elizabeth Maunder

We studied 12 disk streams found in a 250$^3$ pc$^3$ volume in the solar neighborhood, which we define as coeval and comoving stellar structures with aspect ratios greater than 3:1. Using Gaia Data Release 3 data and the advanced clustering…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-09-11 Sebastian Ratzenböck , João Alves , Emily L. Hunt , Núria Miret-Roig , Stefan Meingast , Torsten Möller

High-velocity galactic outflows, driven by intense bursts of star formation and black hole accretion, are invoked by current theories of galaxy formation to terminate star formation in the most massive galaxies and to deposit heavy elements…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 R. J. Wilman , J. Gerssen , R. G. Bower , S. L. Morris , R. Bacon , P. T. de Zeeuw , R. L. Davies

Massive dwarf galaxies that merge with the Milky Way on prograde orbits can be dragged into the disk plane before being completely disrupted. Such mergers can contribute to an accreted stellar disk and a dark matter disk. We present…

We detect a tidal stream generated by the globular cluster NGC 3201 extending over ~140 degrees on the sky, using the Gaia DR2 data, with the maximum likelihood method we presented previously to study the M68 tidal stream. Most of the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-05-13 C. G. Palau , J. Miralda-Escudé

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 a chemical abundance analysis of 300S-1, the brightest likely member star of the 300 km/s stream near the faint satellite galaxy Segue 1. From a high-resolution Magellan/MIKE spectrum we determine a metallicity of [Fe/H] = -1.46…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-15 Anna Frebel , Ragnhild Lunnan , Andrew R. Casey , John E. Norris , Rosemary F. G. Wyse , Gerard Gilmore