articleThe Astrophysical JournalApr 1, 2002BRONZE OA

The Ghost of Sagittarius and Lumps in the Halo of the Milky Way

HJHeidi Jo NewbergBYBrian YannyCRConnie RockosiEKEva K. GrebelHRHans‐Walter Rix

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute · Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory · +8 more institutions

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Abstract

We identify new structures in the halo of the Milky Way from positions, colors, and magnitudes of five million stars detected in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. Most of these stars are within 1.degrees26 of the celestial equator. We present color-magnitude diagrams (CMDs) for stars in two previously discovered, tidally disrupted structures. The CMDs and turnoff colors are consistent with those of the Sagittarius dwarf galaxy, as had been predicted. In one direction, we are even able to detect a clump of red stars, similar to that of the Sagittarius dwarf, from stars spread across 110 deg(2) of sky. Focusing on stars with the colors of F turnoff objects, we identify at least five additional overdensities of…

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  • HJ
    Heidi Jo NewbergCorresponding

    Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

  • BY
    Brian Yanny

    Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory

  • CR
    Connie Rockosi

    University of Chicago

  • EK
    Eva K. Grebel

    Max Planck Institute for Astronomy

  • HR
    Hans‐Walter Rix

    Max Planck Institute for Astronomy

Topics & keywords

Keywords
  • Milky Way
  • Sagittarius
  • Stars
  • Galactic plane
  • Galactic halo
  • Sky
  • Spiral galaxy
  • Halo
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