Discovery of a New, Polar-Orbiting Debris Stream in the Milky Way Stellar Halo

Details Discovery of a New, Polar-Orbiting Debris Stream in the Milky Way Stellar Halo Discovery of a New, Polar-Orbiting Debris Stream in the Milky Way Stellar Halo

2009-06-17

arxiv.org/abs/0906.3291v1

Astrophys.J.700:L61-L64,2009

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Galaxy Astrophysics

4 figures, ApJL, accepted

Scientific paper

10.1088/0004-637X/700/2/L61

We show that there is a low metallicity tidal stream that runs along l=143 deg. in the South Galactic Cap, about 34 kpc from the Sun, discovered from SEGUE stellar velocities. Since the most concentrated detections are in the Cetus constellation, and the orbital path is nearly polar, we name it the Cetus Polar Stream (CPS). Although it is spatially coincident with the Sgr dwarf trailing tidal tail at b=-70 deg., the metallicities ([Fe/H] = -2.1), ratio of blue straggler to blue horizontal branch stars, and velocities of the CPS stars differ from Sgr. Some CPS stars may contaminate previous samples of Sgr dwarf tidal debris. The unusual globular cluster NGC 5824 is located along an orbit fit to the CPS, with the correct radial velocity.

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