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The stellar component of the Magellanic Stream

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

William E. Kunkel

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The problem of the Magellanic Stream (MS) is re-examined considering also stellar systems (globular clusters and dwarf spheroidal galaxies) lying between 25 and 250 kpc from the Galactic center (Kunkel and Demers 1976). the distribution of these systems is shown to be non-random, with a planar component whose inclination to the Local Group is 43°, and to the local supergalaxy exceeds 60°. the velocity distribution of members of the group shows a symmetry typical of debris associated with a disruptive event at perigalacticon of a victim moving in an elliptical orbit.

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I. Galaxies in Small Groups
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 79: The Large Scale Structure of the Universe , 1978 , pp. 130 - 131
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1978 

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