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ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL LETTERS
Volume 700, Issue 2, Pages L61-L64Publisher
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/700/2/L61
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Galaxy: halo; Galaxy: structure; Stars: kinematics
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- National Science Foundation [AST 06-06618]
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We show that there is a low-metallicity tidal stream that runs along l = 143 degrees in the South Galactic Cap, about 34 kpc from the Sun, discovered from the Sloan Extension for Galactic Understanding and Exploration stellar velocities. Since the most concentrated detections are in the Cetus constellation, and the orbital path is nearly polar, we name it the Cetus Polar Stream (CPS). Although it is spatially coincident with the Sgr dwarf trailing tidal tail at b = -70 degrees, the metallicities ([Fe/H] = -2.1), ratio of blue straggler to blue horizontal branch stars, and velocities of the CPS stars differ from Sgr. Some CPS stars may contaminate previous samples of Sgr dwarf tidal debris. The unusual globular cluster NGC 5824 is located along an orbit fitted to the CPS, with the correct radial velocity.
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