3 papers
astro-ph2003
Halo Structure Traced by SDSS RR Lyrae
Z. Ivezic, R. H. Lupton, D. Schlegel +6
We discuss the density and radial velocity distributions of over 3000 candidate RR Lyrae stars selected by various methods using Sloan Digital Sky Survey data for about 1000 deg^2…
astro-ph2003
The Extended Tidal Tails of Palomar 5: Tracers of the Galactic Potential
Michael Odenkirchen, Eva K. Grebel, Hans-Walter Rix +4
We detected extended, curved stellar tidal tails emanating from the sparse, disrupting halo globular cluster Pal 5, which cover 10 degrees on the sky. These streams allow us to inf…
astro-ph2002
Palomar 5 and its tidal tails: New observational results
M. Odenkirchen, E. K. Grebel, W. Dehnen +4
Sloan Digital Sky Survey data for the field of the globular cluster Pal 5 reveal the existence of a long massive stream of tidal debris spanning an arc of 10 degrees on the sky. Pa…