Astronomy>Galaxies>New Milky Way map reveals a complicated outer galaxy
« Hoard of supermassive black holes foundRivers of Stars Found in Milky Way »

New Milky Way map reveals a complicated outer galaxy

2008/11/02

  06:29:31 pm, by   , 88 words  
Categories: Galaxies

New Milky Way map reveals a complicated outer galaxy

The halo of stars that envelops the Milky Way galaxy is like a river delta criss-crossed by stellar streams large and small, according to new data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS-II). While the largest rivers of this delta have been mapped out over the last decade, analysis of the new SDSS-II map shows that smaller streams can be found throughout the stellar halo, said Kevin Schlaufman, a graduate student at the University of California at Santa Cruz.

http://www.sdss.org/news/releases/20080816.segue_final.html

No feedback yet


Form is loading...

March 2024
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
        1 2 3
4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27 28 29 30 31
 << <   > >>

Astronomy

This Blog is for tracking interesting and fascinating articles about astronomy.

Search

  XML Feeds

powered by b2evolution free blog software