Flare in the Galactic stellar outer disc detected in SDSS-SEGUE data

2014/05/29 by M. Lopez-Corredoira, M. López-Corredoira, Jordi Molgó +1 · 3 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations #Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #astro-ph.GA

paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201423706

published as A&A 567, A106 (2014) · Accepted for publication in A&A

arxiv created 2014/05/29 · openalex publication_date 2014/06/11 · arxiv updated 2014/09/05 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

Aims. We explore the outer Galactic disc up to a Galactocentric distance of ≈30 kpc to derive its parameters and measure the magnitude of its flare.

Citations

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• Outer structure of the Galactic warp and flare: explaining the Canis Major over-density

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