The Andromeda Stream

Details The Andromeda Stream The Andromeda Stream

2004-01-07

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0401092v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

3 Pages. Refereed contribution to the 5th Galacto Chemodynamics conference held in Swinburne, July 2003. Accepted for publicat

Scientific paper

10.1071/AS04003

The existence of a stream of tidally stripped stars from the Sagittarius Dwarf galaxy demonstrates that the Milky Way is still in the process of accreting mass. More recently, an extensive stream of stars has been uncovered in the halo of the Andromeda galaxy (M31), revealing that it too is cannibalizing a small companion. This paper reports the recent observations of this stream, determining it spatial and kinematic properties, and tracing its three-dimensional structure, as well as describing future observations and what we may learn about the Andromeda galaxy from this giant tidal stream.

Affiliated with

Also associated with

No associations

Rating

The Andromeda Stream does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with The Andromeda Stream, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and The Andromeda Stream will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-62289