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The Geometry of the Sagittarius Stream from Pan-STARRS1 3 π RR Lyrae

Authors :
Rolf-Peter Kudritzki
Nina Hernitschek
Nick Kaiser
Richard J. Wainscoat
Nicolas F. Martin
Hans-Walter Rix
Branimir Sesar
Peter W. Draper
Vasily Belokurov
K. C. Chambers
David Martinez-Delgado
Nigel Metcalfe
Klaus W. Hodapp
Eugene A. Magnier
Observatoire astronomique de Strasbourg (ObAS)
Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)
Source :
The Astrophysical Journal, The Astrophysical Journal, American Astronomical Society, 2017, 850 (1), pp.96. ⟨10.3847/1538-4357/aa960c⟩, NASA Astrophysics Data System, Astrophysical journal, 2017, Vol.850(1), pp.96 [Peer Reviewed Journal]
Publication Year :
2017
Publisher :
HAL CCSD, 2017.

Abstract

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 (PS1) 3$\pi$ survey (Hernitschek et al. 2016,Sesar et al. 2017b), which is ${\sim}80\%$ complete and ${\sim}90\%$ pure within 80~kpc, and extends to ${\gtrsim} 120$~kpc with a distance precision of ${\sim} 3\%$. A projection of RR Lyrae stars within $|\tilde{B}|_{\odot}

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
0004637X and 15384357
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
The Astrophysical Journal, The Astrophysical Journal, American Astronomical Society, 2017, 850 (1), pp.96. ⟨10.3847/1538-4357/aa960c⟩, NASA Astrophysics Data System, Astrophysical journal, 2017, Vol.850(1), pp.96 [Peer Reviewed Journal]
Accession number :
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