Searching for tidal tails in Galactic dwarf spheroidal satellites

MartÍnez-Delgado, D.; Aparicio, A.; Gómez-Flechoso, M. A.
Bibliographical reference

Astrophysics and Space Science Supplement, v. 277, p. 425-428 (2001).

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2001
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3
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2
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2
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2
Description
We present preliminary results of a long-term project to investigate the process of accretion and tidal disruption of dSph satellites in the Galactic halo and, in particular, to search for new tidal tails in a sample of nearby dSph satellites of the Milky Way. Here we present our finding of extra-tidal debris in the Ursa Minor dSph and discuss the detection by the Sloan Digitized Sky Survey team of what could be a tidal stream associated to the Sagittarius dSph.