Stellar tidal streams in spiral galaxies of the local volume: A pilot survey with modest aperture telescopes

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 140, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 962-967

  Martínez Delgado, David ^a,b   Jay Gabany, R ^c   Crawford, K E N ^d   Zibetti, Stefano ^a   Majewski, Steven R ^e   Hans Walter, R I X ^a   Fliri, Jürgen ^b,f   Carballo Bello, Julio A ^b   Bardalez Gagliuffi, Daniella C ^b,g   Peñarrubia, Jorge ^h   Chonis, Taylor S ⁱ   Madore, Barry ^j   Trujillo, Ignacio ^b   Schirmer, Mischa ^k   Mcdavid, David A ^e  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

^c Blackbird Observatory   (United States)

^d Rancho Del Sol Observatory   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^f OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^g MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^j CARNEGIE OBSERVATORIES   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Dark matter; Dwarf; Evolution; Galaxies; Halos; Interactions; Structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049343803     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-6256/140/4/962     Document Type: Article

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