Mapping the Galactic Halo. VI. Spectroscopic Measures of Luminosity and Metallicity
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Morrison, Heather; Norris, John; Mateo, Mario; Harding, Paul; Olszewski, Edward W; Shectman, Stephen; Dohm-Palmer, Robbie C; Helmi, Amina; Freeman, Kenneth
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We present our calibration of spectroscopic measures of luminosity and metallicity for halo giant candidates and give metallicities and distances for our first sample of spectroscopically confirmed giants. These giants have distances ranging from 15 to 83 kpc. As surveys reach farther into the Galaxy's halo with K giant samples, identification of giants becomes more difficult. This is because the numbers of foreground halo K dwarfs rise for V magnitudes of 19-20, typical for halo giants at ∼...[Show more]
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Date published: | 2003 |
Type: | Journal article |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/87084 |
Source: | Astronomical Journal |
DOI: | 10.1086/374231 |
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