Sub-structures in the milky way's halo towards virgo

Vivas, A. K.; Jaffé Y.L.; Mateu, C.; Zinn, R; Winnick, R; Duau S.

Abstract

We study the distribution of radial velocities of RR Lyrae stars in the same region of the sky where a large overdensity of main sequence stars have been detected by SDSS. Our results indicate that several independent stellar streams co-exist in the region and that some of them may be related with more distant features reported in other works. None of the features we detect seem to be related with the leading tail of the Sagittarius dwarf galaxy. © 2009: Instituto de Astronomía, UNAM.

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Título de la Revista: Revista Mexicana de Astronomia y Astrofisica: Serie de Conferencias
Volumen: 35
Editorial: no publisher
Fecha de publicación: 2009
Página de inicio: 125
Página final: 126
URL: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-70749127601&partnerID=q2rCbXpz