The structure of the Galactic halo: SDSS versus SuperCOSMOS

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 379, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1373-1389

  Xu, Y ^a,b   Deng, L C ^a   Hu, J Y ^a  

^a CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Galaxy: fundamental parameters; Galaxy: halo; Galaxy: structure; Stars: statistics

Indexed keywords

GALAXIES; SURVEYS;

ASYMMETRIC RATIO; GALACTIC HALO; GALACTIC LATITUDE; GALAXIES: FUNDAMENTAL PARAMETERS; GALAXIES:STRUCTURE; GALAXY:HALO; HALO STRUCTURE; NORTH POLE; SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY; STARS: STATISTICS;

STARS;

EID: 34547748919     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: 13652966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.11995.x     Document Type: Article

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