A Search for Halo Giants IN the Galactic Halo

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Feb 1999

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1999noao.prop..354y&link_type=abstract

NOAO Proposal ID #1999A-0354

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(B - V) colors and Mg indices have been obtained for over 200 stars in the direction of the North Galactic Pole, to V ~ 18.5. Twelve of the stars have Mg indices which are indicative of metal-poor giants. Six range in brightness from V=15 to 18, while the other six are brighter than 18.5. To determine whether or not these stars truly are halo giants, we want to obtain classification spectra. If proven to be giants, their faintness means they are in the pure "halo" population, well beyond the "thick disk". Their metallicities will then add to the information from which the metallicity gradient is determined, the existence of which (or at least value) is open to question.

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