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The Kinematics and Chemistry of Red Horizontal Branch Stars in the Sagittarius Streams

  • Authors: W. B. Shi, Y. Q. Chen, K. Carrell, and G. Zhao

Shi et al. 2012 The Astrophysical Journal 751 130.

  • Provider: AAS Journals

Caption: Figure 2.

Spatial distribution of target stars in the debris streams of Sgr. Upper panels: a plot of Sgr RHB stars in the leading and trailing arms in an X GCZ GC map. Green and blue points indicate arm 1 and arm 2, respectively, in the leading and trailing arms. The large black point indicates the location of the Galactic center, while the asterisk indicates the location of the Sun. Lower panels: a plot of the Galactic RHB stars in an X GCZ GC map.

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