Starcounts Redivivus. III. A possible detection of the Sagittarius dwarf spheroidal galaxy at b = -40°

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1709-1718

  Majewski, S R ^a,b   Siegel, M H ^a   Kunkel, W E ^c   Reid, I N ^d   Johnston, K V ^e   Thompson, I B ^b   Landolt, A U ^b,f   Palma, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE OBSERVATORIES   (United States)

^c LAS CAMPANAS OBSERVATORY   (Chile)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

^f LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: individual (Sagittarius); Galaxies: interactions; Galaxies: structure; Galaxy: evolution; Galaxy: formation; Galaxy: halo; Stars: horizontal branch

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038063422     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/301036     Document Type: Article

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