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astro-ph2007
Kinematic and Chemical constraints on the formation of M31's inner and outer halo
A. Koch, R. M. Rich, D. B. Reitzel +8
The halo of M31 shows a wealth of substructures that are consistent with satellite accretion. Here we report on kinematic and abundance results from Keck/DEIMOS spectroscopy in the…
astro-ph2007
A Subaru/Suprime-Cam Survey of M31's spheroid along the South-East minor axis
Mikito Tanaka, Masashi Chiba, Yutaka Komiyama +2
We have used Suprime-Cam on the Subaru Telescope to conduct a V- and I-band imaging survey of fields sampling the spheroid of the Andromeda galaxy along its south-east minor axis.…