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Milky Way模拟NGC 891的全景图

A panoramic view of the Milky Way analogue NGC 891

M. Mouhcine, R. Ibata, M. Rejkuba

摘要:

最近对本星系群中占主导地位的螺旋星系的全景观测彻底改变了我们对这些星系如何聚集质量的看法。然而,仍然完全不清楚本星系群大螺旋的外部区域的性质是否是典型的。在这里,我们提出了本星系群之外的螺旋星系的第一个全景图,基于迄今为止最大的,连续的,地面成像调查,解决了银河系最近的主要类似物NGC 891(D~10 Mpc)的恒星晕。这个星系的低表面亮度外围由多个,连贯的,巨大的子结构组成,覆盖了90 kpc * 90 kpc的调查范围。其中包括一个巨大的流,这是第一个使用地面设施被分解成本星系群以外的恒星的流,它围绕母星系循环,距离约为50 kpc。发现星系的凸起和盘被一个以前未被发现的大而平的厚茧状恒星结构所包围,其垂直和径向距离分别可达~ 15 kpc和~ 40 kpc。

英文摘要:

Recent panoramic observations of the dominant spiral galaxies of the Local Group have revolutionized our view of how these galaxies assemble their mass. However, it remains completely unclear whether the properties of the outer regions of the Local Group large spirals are typical. Here, we present the first panoramic view of a spiral galaxy beyond the Local Group, based on the largest, contiguous, ground-based imaging survey to date resolving the stellar halo of the nearest prime analogue of the Milky Way, NGC 891 (D~10 Mpc). The low surface brightness outskirts of this galaxy are populated by multiple, coherent, and vast substructures over the 90kpc * 90kpc extent of the survey. These include a giant stream, the first to be resolved into stars beyond the Local Group using ground-based facilities, that loops around the parent galaxy up to distances of ~50kpc. The bulge and the disk of the galaxy are found to be surrounded by a previously undetected large, flat and thick cocoon-like stellar structure at vertical and radial distances of up to ~15kpc and ~40kpc respectively.

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