One ring to encompass them all: A giant stellar structure that surrounds the Galaxy

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 340, Issue 3, 2003, Pages

  Ibata, R A ^a   Irwin, M J ^d   Lewis, G F ^b   Ferguson, A M N ^c   Tanvir, N ^d  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Galaxies: Interactions; Galaxy: Disc; Galaxy: Structure

Indexed keywords

POPULATION STATISTICS; STARS;

GALAXIES: INTERACTIONS; GALAXIES:STRUCTURE; GALAXY: DISKS; ISAAC NEWTON TELESCOPE; LINE OF SIGHT; LINES-OF-SIGHT; SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY; STELLAR POPULATIONS; STELLAR STRUCTURE; WIDE FIELD CAMERAS;

GALAXIES;

EID: 0043200282     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-8711.2003.06545.x     Document Type: Review

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