A giant stream of metal-rich stars in the halo of the galaxy M31

Nature

Volumn 412, Issue 6842, 2001, Pages 49-52

  Ibata, Rodrigo ^a   Irwin, Michael ^b   Lewis, Geraint ^c   Ferguson, Annette M N ^d   Tanvir, Nial ^e  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c ANGLO AUSTRALIAN OBSERVATORY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; DEBRIS; GASES; SATELLITES;

METAL-RICH STARS;

GALAXIES;

ASTROPHYSICS;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; COSMOS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THEORY;

ANDROMEDA; SAGITTARIUS;

EID: 0035811501     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35083506     Document Type: Article

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