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2017ApJ...840L..25M - Astrophys. J., 840, L25-L25 (2017/May-2)

Tidal tails around the outer halo globular clusters Eridanus and Palomar 15.

MYEONG G.C., JERJEN H., MACKEY D. and DA COSTA G.S.

Abstract (from CDS):

We report the discovery of tidal tails around the two outer halo globular clusters, Eridanus and Palomar 15, based on gi-band images obtained with DECam at the CTIO 4 m Blanco Telescope. The tidal tails are among the most remote stellar streams currently known in the Milky Way halo. Cluster members have been determined from the color-magnitude diagrams and used to establish the radial density profiles, which show, in both cases, a strong departure in the outer regions from the best-fit King profile. Spatial density maps reveal tidal tails stretching out on opposite sides of both clusters, extending over a length of ∼760 pc for Eridanus and ∼1160 pc for Palomar 15. The great circle projected from the Palomar 15 tidal tails encompasses the Galactic Center, while that for Eridanus passes close to four dwarf satellite galaxies, one of which (Sculptor) is at a comparable distance to that of Eridanus.

Abstract Copyright: © 2017. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.

Journal keyword(s): globular clusters: general - globular clusters: individual: (Eridanus, Palomar 15) - globular clusters: individual: (Eridanus, Palomar 15)

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