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We use N-body simulations to explore the possibility that the Sagittarius (Sgr) dwarf galaxy was originally a late-type, rotating disc galaxy, rather than a non-rotating, pressure-supported dwarf spheroidal galaxy, as previously thought. We…

Tidally disrupted globular cluster streams are usually observed, and therefore perceived, as narrow, linear and one-dimensional structures in the 6D phase-space. Here we show that the GD-1 stellar stream ($\approx$ 30 pc wide), which is the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-08-23 Khyati Malhan , Rodrigo A. Ibata , Raymond G. Carlberg , Monica Valluri , Katherine Freese

A map of 100 degrees on a side extracted from Gaia DR2 and centred on Alpha Persei reveals two distinct structures | the Alpha Persei star cluster and a conspicuous stellar stream, as widely documented in recent literature. In this work we…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-09-09 Victoria V. Nikiforova , Maxim V. Kulesh , Anton F. Seleznev , Giovanni Carraro

We present surface photometry of a giant, low surface brightness stellar arc in the halo of the nearby spiral galaxy M63 (NGC 5055) that is consistent with being a part of a stellar stream resulting from the disruption of a dwarf satellite…

We use Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) Data Release 5 (DR5) u,g,r,i,z photometry to study Milky Way halo substructure in the area around the North Galactic Cap. A simple color cut (g-r < 0.4) reveals the tidal stream of the Sagittarius…

While mergers between massive galaxies and their dwarf satellites are well studied, the properties of dwarf - dwarf satellite mergers are not well constrained. Stellar streams trace satellite disruption and, in the dwarf galaxy regime, are…

Stellar tidal streams are a key tracer of galaxy evolution and have the potential to provide an indirect means for tracing dark matter. For the Local Group, many diffuse substructures have been identified and their link to galaxy evolution…

The Monoceros ring is a collection of stars in nearly-circular orbits at roughly 18 kpc from the Galactic center. It may have originated (i) as the response of the disc to perturbations excited by satellite companions or (ii) from the tidal…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2011-05-10 Leo Michel-Dansac , Mario G. Abadi , Julio F. Navarro , Matthias Steinmetz

A candidate diffuse stellar substructure was previously reported in the halo of the nearby dwarf starburst galaxy NGC 4449 by Karachentsev et al. We map and analyze this feature using a unique combination of deep integrated-light images…

We reanalyze deep star counts in five CADIS fields. The data are presented as vertical density distributions of stars perpendicular to the Galactic plane. In three fields the profiles are consistent with each other, while in two fields…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 B. Fuchs , S. Phleps , K. Meisenheimer

Using Blue Horizontal Branch stars identified in the Dark Energy Survey Year 1 data, we report the detection of an extended and lumpy stellar debris distribution around the Magellanic Clouds. At the heliocentric distance of the Clouds,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-12-23 Vasily Belokurov , Sergey Koposov

Stellar streams originating in disrupted dwarf galaxies and star clusters are observed around the Milky Way and nearby galaxies. Such substructures are the important tracers that record how the host haloes have accreted progenitor galaxies.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-05-29 Yu Morinaga , Tomoaki Ishiyama , Takanobu Kirihara , Kazuki Kinjo

The Orphan Stream is one of the most prominent tidal streams in the Galactic halo. Using data on red giants, RR Lyrae, and horizontal branch stars from Gaia and other surveys, we determine the proper motion of the Orphan Stream over a path…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-04-10 Mark A. Fardal , Roeland P. van der Marel , Sangmo Tony Sohn , Andres del Pino Molina

Thanks to modern sky surveys, over twenty stellar streams and overdensity structures have been discovered in the halo of the Milky Way. In this paper, we present an analysis of spectroscopic observations of individual stars from one such…

The Magellanic Stream (MS) has long been known to contain multiple H I strands and corresponding stellar populations are beginning to be discovered. Combining a sample of 17 stars from the H3 ("Hectochelle in the Halo at High Resolution")…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-02-19 Dennis Zaritsky , Vedant Chandra , Charlie Conroy , Ana Bonaca , Phillip A. Cargile , Rohan P. Naidu

We report the serendipitous discovery of a stellar stream in the constellation Pegasus in the south Galactic hemisphere. The stellar stream was detected using the SDSS Data Release 14 by means of a matched filter in the color--magnitude…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-04-10 H. D. Perottoni , C. Martin , H. J. Newberg , H. J. Rocha-Pinto , F. de Almeida-Fernandes , A. R. Gomes-Junior

An all high-latitude sky survey for cool carbon giant stars in the Galactic halo has revealed 75 such stars, of which the majority are new detections. Of these, more than half are clustered on a Great Circle on the sky which intersects the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Rodrigo Ibata , Geraint F. Lewis , Michael Irwin , Edward Totten , Thomas Quinn

Using a shallow, two-color survey carried out with the Dark Energy Camera, we detect the southern, possibly trailing arm of the Orphan Stream. The stream is reliably detected to a declination of $-38^\circ$, bringing the total known length…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-10-21 Carl J. Grillmair , Lauren Hetherington , Raymond G. Carlberg , Beth Willman

We report the discovery of a narrow stellar stream crossing the constellations of Sculptor and Fornax in the Southern celestial hemisphere. The portion of the stream detected in the Data Release 1 photometry of the ATLAS survey is at least…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-19 S. E. Koposov , M. Irwin , V. Belokurov , E. Gonzales-Solares , A. Kupcu Yoldas , J. Lewis , N. Metcalfe , T. Shanks