2006ApJ...637L..29B

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2006ApJ...637L..29B - Astrophys. J., 637, L29-L32 (2006/January-3)

The discovery of tidal tails around the globular cluster NGC 5466.

BELOKUROV V., EVANS N.W., IRWIN M.J., HEWETT P.C. and WILKINSON M.I.

Abstract (from CDS):

We report the discovery of tidal tails around the high-latitude Galactic globular cluster NGC 5466 in Sloan Digital Sky Survey data. Neural networks are used to reconstruct the probability distribution of cluster stars in ugriz space. The tails are clearly visible once extragalactic contaminants and field stars have been eliminated. They extend ∼4° on the sky, corresponding to ∼1 kpc in projected length. The orientation of the tails is in good agreement with the cluster's Galactic orbit, as judged from the proper-motion data.

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Journal keyword(s): Galaxy: Halo - Galaxy: Kinematics and Dynamics - Galaxy: Globular Clusters: Individual: NGC Number: NGC 5466

Simbad objects: 10

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Number of rows : 10
N Identifier Otype ICRS (J2000)
RA 		ICRS (J2000)
DEC 		Mag U Mag B Mag V Mag R Mag I Sp type #ref
1850 - 2026 		#notes
1 NGC 2419 GlC 07 38 08.51 +38 52 54.9     10.05     ~ 998 0
2 NAME Sextans C GlC 10 05 30.96 +00 04 15.4   15.5 13.9     ~ 354 1
3 GCl 17 GlC 11 29 16.80 +28 58 25.0   14.4       ~ 379 1
4 M 3 GlC 13 42 11.62 +28 22 38.2     6.39     ~ 2593 0
5 NGC 5466 GlC 14 05 27.29 +28 32 04.0     9.70     ~ 887 0
6 Cl Pal 5 GlC 15 16 05.30 -00 06 41.0   15.1       ~ 797 1
7 GCl 38 GlC 16 10 59.00 +14 57 42.0           ~ 399 0
8 M 13 GlC 16 41 41.634 +36 27 40.75     5.8     ~ 2291 0
9 M 15 GlC 21 29 58.33 +12 10 01.2           ~ 3274 0
10 M 2 GlC 21 33 27.02 -00 49 23.7     6.25     ~ 1114 1

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