A two micron all sky survey view of the sagittarius dwarf galaxy. III. constraints on the flattening of the galactic halo

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 619, Issue 2 I, 2005, Pages 800-806

  Johnston, Kathryn V ^a   Law, David R ^b,c   Majewski, Steven R ^c  

^a WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: individual (Sagittarius); Galaxies: stellar content; Galaxy: halo; Galaxy: kinematics and dynamics; Galaxy: structure; Local Group

Indexed keywords

EID: 17144404262     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/426777     Document Type: Article

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