Major substructure in the M31 outer halo: the South-West Cloud

Date

2014

Authors

Bate, Nicholas F
Conn, Anthony
McMonigal, Brendan
Lewis, Geraint
Martin, Nicolas F
McConnachie, Alan W
Veljanoski, J.
Mackey, Alasdair
Ferguson, A. M. N.
Ibata, Rodrigo A

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Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Abstract

We undertake the first detailed analysis of the stellar population and spatial properties of a diffuse substructure in the outer halo ofM31. The South-West Cloud lies at a projected distance of ̃100 kpc from the centre of M31 and extends for at least ̃5

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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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