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The Bulge-Halo transition region

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 August 2017

Rodrigo Ibata
Affiliation:
Institute of Astronomy, Madingley Road, Cambridge, England CB3 OHA
Gerard Gilmore
Affiliation:
Institute of Astronomy, Madingley Road, Cambridge, England CB3 OHA

Abstract

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The Baade's Window bulge is a metal-rich, rotationally supported entity, whereas the solar neighbourhood halo is metal-poor and non-rotating; what is the connection between these two spheroid components?

We present results of a spectroscopic survey of 847 K-giants from 3 low absorption windows at (5,-12), (-5,-12) and (-25,-12). This is a seven times larger sample than has been previously studied in this region.

Type
Contributed Papers
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1993 

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