Probing the outer galactic halo

Details Probing the outer galactic halo Probing the outer galactic halo

Nov 1984

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1984pasp...96..841c&link_type=abstract

(Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Symposium on Stellar Populations, Santa Cruz, CA, July 1984) Astronomical Society of the P

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Abundance, Halos, Milky Way Galaxy, Star Distribution, Stellar Evolution, Dwarf Galaxies, Globular Clusters, Horizontal Branch Stars, Kinetic Energy, Mass Distribution, Metallicity, Stellar Systems

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The paper discusses recent and continuing studies of the outer halo of our galaxy. A brief inventory is conducted of the stellar systems lying at distances exceeding 25 kpc from the galactic center. The spatial distributions of such systems and the field stars are reviewed, as well as the galactic mass estimates that follow from considerations of their kinematics. The question of a gradient in the halo's metallicity is addressed, plus the scant information available on the chemical abundance pattern of outer halo stars. Finally, the probability of differences in ages of outer halo systems is discussed.

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