A catalogue of oxygen-rich pulsating giants in the galactic halo and the Sagittarius stream

Abstract

In order to construct a catalogue of oxygen-rich (noted M) asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars in the halo, complementing those of carbon-rich (C) stars, previous lists of Miras and SRa semiregulars located in the nor thern hemisphere are merged and cleaned of various defects. After putting aside known C stars, characteristics lik e colours and periods indicate that most of the remaining objects are M stars. Distances are obtained through the pe riod-luminosity relation. By considering their position in the sky, stars lying at $|Z|>5$~kpc are confirmed to b e in majority in the Sgr tidal arms. The M stars are more numerous than C ones. Our distance scale is supported by t wo cool variables located in the Pal~4 globular cluster. Along the Sgr arms, there is reasonable agreement on distan ces of our objects with recent RR Lyrae distances. A few stars may be as distant as 150~kpc, with possibly four at t he trailing arm apocenter, and two in the A16 substructure, angularly close to two C stars. Ninety radial velocities are collected from $Gaia$ and other sources. A catalogue with 417 M pulsating AGB stars is provided. It contains $\sim$ 260 stars in the halo with $|Z|>5$~kpc. Their $K_{\mathrm{s}}$ magnitudes range from 8 u p to 13. For comparison, the catalogue also provides $\sim 150$ stars in the disc having $5$~$<K_{\mathrm{s}}<$~$8$. The catalog is available on request (NM) before being on CDS.

10 pages, 12 figs, 3 Tables. Accepted for publication by AA

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