The Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy
arXiv:astro-ph/0408197 · doi:10.1071/AS04053
Abstract
Recent observational evidence suggests that the Sagittarius dwarf galaxy represents the only major ongoing accretion event in the Galactic halo, accounting for the majority of stellar debris identified there. This paper summarizes the recent discovery of another potential Milky Way accretion event, the Canis Major dwarf galaxy. This dwarf satellite galaxy is found to lie just below the Galactic plane and appears to be on an equatorial orbit. Unlike Sagittarius, which is contributing to the Galactic halo, the location and eventual demise of Canis Major suggests that it represents a building block of the thick disk.
Refereed contribution to "Structure & Dynamics in the Local Universe, a workshop to honour Brent Tully's 60th birthday", Nov 2003. 4 pages + 2 figures (quality reduced due to size restrictions). To appear in PASA
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