Halo Substructure in the QUEST RR Lyrae Survey

Zinn, Robert; Vivas, A. Katherina; Gallart, Carme; Winnick, Rebeccah
Bibliographical reference

Satellites and Tidal Streams, Published by Astronomical Society of the Pacific Volume 327, 2004. Edited by F. Prada, D. Martinez Delgado, and T.J. Mahoney. ISBN: 1-58381-190-7, p.92

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2004
Number of authors
4
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0
Citations
22
Refereed citations
19
Description
A survey of 380 sq. deg. of the sky with the 1m Schmidt telescope at the Observatorio Nacional de Llano del Halo and the QUEST camera has found 498 RR Lyrae variables lying from 4 to 60 kpc from the Sun. We describe the halo substructure revealed by these data and the results of measuring some of the stars' radial velocities and metal abundances.