2017ApJ...847..119G


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2017ApJ...847..119G - Astrophys. J., 847, 119-119 (2017/October-1)

At a crossroads: stellar streams in the south Galactic cap.

GRILLMAIR C.J.

Abstract (from CDS):

We examine the distribution of old, metal-poor stars in a portion of the recently released PanSTARRs survey. We find an interesting confluence of four new cold stellar stream candidates that appear to converge on or pass near the south Galactic pole. The stream candidates, which we designate as Murrumbidgee, Molonglo, Orinoco, and Kwando, lie at a distance of ~20 kpc and range in length from 13○ to 95○, or about 5 to 33 kpc. The stream candidates are between 100 and 300 pc in width and are estimated to contain between 3000 and 8000 stars each, suggesting progenitors similar to modern day globular clusters. The trajectories of the streams imply orbits that range from hyperbolic to nearly circular. The Molonglo stream is nearly parallel to, at the same distance as, and offset by only 2○ / . 5 from the previously discovered ATLAS stream, suggesting a possible common origin. Orinoco and Kwando also have similarly shaped, moderately eccentric, obliquely viewed orbits that suggest distinct progenitors within a common, larger parent body.

Abstract Copyright: © 2017. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.

Journal keyword(s): Galaxy: halo - Galaxy: stellar content - Galaxy: structure - globular clusters: general - globular clusters: general

Nomenclature: NAME Molonglo Stream N=1, NAME Murrumbidgee Stream N=1, NAME Orinoco Stream N=1, NAME Kwando Stream N=1.

Simbad objects: 27

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Number of rows : 27
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 104 GlC 00 24 05.359 -72 04 53.20     4.09     ~ 4158 0
2 NAME Molonglo Stream St* 00 26 -24.4           ~ 10 0
3 NAME SGP reg 00 51 26.275 -27 07 41.70           ~ 606 0
4 NGC 288 GlC 00 52 45.24 -26 34 57.4   10 8.13     ~ 1130 0
5 NAME Sagittarius Stream St* 02 22 +00.0           ~ 1001 0
6 NGC 1261 GlC 03 12 16.21 -55 12 58.4     8.63     ~ 579 0
7 NGC 5053 GlC 13 16 27.09 +17 42 00.9     9.96     ~ 675 0
8 NGC 5466 GlC 14 05 27.29 +28 32 04.0     9.70     ~ 887 0
9 NGC 5634 GlC 14 29 37.28 -05 58 35.1   10.69 10.05     ~ 333 0
10 IC 4499 GlC 15 00 18.57 -82 12 49.6     8.56     ~ 375 0
11 Cl Pal 5 GlC 15 16 05.30 -00 06 41.0   15.1       ~ 797 1
12 M 4 GlC 16 23 35.22 -26 31 32.7           ~ 1978 0
13 NGC 6284 GlC 17 04 28.747 -24 45 51.22   10.72 7.43     ~ 302 0
14 NGC 6356 GlC 17 23 34.99 -17 48 46.9   10.01 7.42     ~ 372 1
15 NGC 6397 GlC 17 40 42.09 -53 40 27.6     5.17     ~ 2103 0
16 ESO 591-12 GlC 18 41 29.90 -19 49 33.0           ~ 130 0
17 M 15 GlC 21 29 58.33 +12 10 01.2           ~ 3274 0
18 M 2 GlC 21 33 27.02 -00 49 23.7     6.25     ~ 1114 1
19 M 30 GlC 21 40 22.12 -23 10 47.5     7.10     ~ 1121 0
20 Cl Pal 12 GlC 21 46 38.84 -21 15 09.4     11.89     ~ 548 0
21 NAME GD-1 Stream St* 22 40 +31.           ~ 319 0
22 GCl 124 GlC 23 06 44.48 +12 46 19.2   15.6       ~ 307 1
23 NGC 7492 GlC 23 08 26.68 -15 36 41.3     10.48     ~ 330 0
24 NAME Kwando Stream St* ~ ~           ~ 9 0
25 NAME Orinoco Stream St* ~ ~           ~ 6 0
26 NAME Local Group GrG ~ ~           ~ 9325 0
27 NAME Murrumbidgee Stream St* ~ ~           ~ 7 0

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