Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Jun 1991
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1991aj....101.2078c&link_type=abstract
Astronomical Journal (ISSN 0004-6256), vol. 101, June 1991, p. 2078-2096.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
31
Faint Objects, Galactic Structure, Milky Way Galaxy, Stellar Luminosity, Abundance, Metallicity, Stellar Spectrophotometry
Scientific paper
In situ observations of 247 faint, distant stars with B-V less than or equal to 1.00 are reported near the north galactic pole in the galactic halo or thick disk. Omega velocities for all of the stars and luminosities, distances, and metallicities for half of the stars are given. Thick-disk and halo stars comprise the majority of the sample which is divided into three populations. The specific metallicities and velocity dispersions of the thin disk, thick disk, and the halo are presented, and speculations are made for the stars that comprise a more distant, faint halo. The stars in the thick disk are described as red and old, and two faint stars are employed to estimate the mass of the galaxy. About 10 percent of the observed stars are in fact galaxies, although none of the motions of the halo, O, A, B, or zero-metal stars show any evidence of imbalance. The possibility that a halo moving group exists within the sample is shown to be improbable.
Aguilar Luis
Carney Bruce W.
Croswell Ken
Latham David W.
Schuster William
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