A stellar tidal stream around the Whale galaxy, NGC 4631

We report the discovery of a giant stellar tidal stream in the halo of NGC 4631, a nearby edge-on spiral galaxy interacting with the spiral NGC 4656, in deep images taken with a 40 cm aperture robotic telescope. The stream has two components: a bridge-like feature extending between NGC 4631 and NGC...

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Hauptverfasser: Martínez-Delgado, David (VerfasserIn) , D'Onghia, Elena (VerfasserIn) , Chonis, Taylor S. (VerfasserIn) , Beaton, Rachael L. (VerfasserIn) , Teuwen, Karel (VerfasserIn) , GaBany, R. Jay (VerfasserIn) , Grebel, Eva K. (VerfasserIn) , Morales, Gustavo (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: September 18, 2015
In: The astronomical journal
Year: 2015, Jahrgang: 150, Heft: 4
ISSN:1538-3881
DOI:10.1088/0004-6256/150/4/116
Online-Zugang:Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-6256/150/4/116
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Verfasserangaben:David Martínez-Delgado, Elena D'Onghia, Taylor S. Chonis, Rachael L. Beaton, Karel Teuwen, R. Jay GaBany, Eva K. Grebel, and Gustavo Morales

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