Detection of Massive Tidal Tails around the Globular Cluster Palomar 5 with Sloan Digital Sky Survey Commissioning Data
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- 20 February 2001
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- Published by American Astronomical Society in The Astrophysical Journal
- Vol. 548 (2) , L165-L169
- https://doi.org/10.1086/319095
Abstract
We report the discovery of two well-defined tidal tails emerging from the sparse remote globular cluster Palomar 5. These tails stretch out symmetrically to both sides of the cluster in the direction of constant Galactic latitude and subtend an angle of 26 on the sky. The tails have been detected in commissioning data of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, providing deep five-color photometry in a 25-wide band along the equator. The stars in the tails make up a substantial part (~) of the current total population of cluster stars in the magnitude interval 19.5 ≤ i* ≤ 22.0. This reveals that the cluster is subject to heavy mass loss. The orientation of the tails provides an important key for the determination of the cluster's Galactic orbit.Keywords
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