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The Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment: First Detection of High Velocity Milky Way Bar Stars
David L. Nidever, Gail Zasowski, Steven R. Majewski +33
Commissioning observations with the Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment (APOGEE), part of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey III, have produced radial velocities (RVs)…
A Short Scale Length for the α-Enhanced Thick Disk of the Milky Way: Evidence from Low-Latitude SEGUE Data
Judy Y. Cheng, Constance M. Rockosi, Heather L. Morrison +12
We examine the α-element abundance ratio, [α/Fe], of 5620 stars, observed by the Sloan Extension for Galactic Understanding and Exploration survey in the region 6 kpc < R < 16 kpc,…
Update on the Nature of Virgo Overdensity
Ana Bonaca, Mario Juric, Zeljko Ivezic +9
We use the Eighth Data Release of Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS DR8) catalog with its additional sky coverage of the southern Galactic hemisphere, to measure the extent and study…