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New Concept: Stellar streams #295

Closed katieefrey closed 3 years ago

katieefrey commented 4 years ago

Name the new concept Stellar streams

Describe the concept this could be put under "Galaxy structure" and is related to "Tidal tails" http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1701. At present there is only Magellanic Stream http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/991, which could be related to 1701. Note that Magellanic Stream is mostly gas, and not a stellar stream !

Please include any additional comments/feedback Suggestion from Sebastien Derriere, Observatoire de Strasbourg

katieefrey commented 4 years ago

Dr. Carl Grillmair of the Infrared Processing and Analysis Center at Caltech also agrees that "Stellar streams" would be a useful concept.

katieefrey commented 3 years ago

Relationship between "Stellar streams" and "Galaxy tails" ? Looks like a tail trails away from a galaxy, while a stream orbits a galaxy.

Concept added, child of "Galaxy structure."