Discovery of the Magellanic Stellar Stream Out to 100 kpc

Discovery of the Magellanic Stellar Stream Out to 100 kpc

The Magellanic Stream (MS)—an enormous ribbon of gas spanning 140° of the southern sky trailing the Magellanic Clouds—has been exquisitely mapped in the five decades since its discovery. However, despite concerted efforts, no stellar counterpart to the MS has been conclusively identified. This stell...

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Main Authors: Vedant Chandra, Rohan P. Naidu, Charlie Conroy, Ana Bonaca, Dennis Zaritsky, Phillip A. Cargile, Nelson Caldwell, Benjamin D. Johnson, Jiwon Jesse Han, Yuan-Sen Ting
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2023-01-01
Series:The Astrophysical Journal
Subjects:
Large Magellanic Cloud
Magellanic Clouds
Magellanic Stream
Small Magellanic Cloud
Stellar streams
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/acf7bf

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