RR Lyrae stars in the Catalina Sky Survey Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Drake A.J.
  2. Catelan M.
  3. Djorgovski S.G.
  4. Torrealba G.
  5. Graham M.J.,Mahabal A.
  6. Prieto J.L.
  7. Donalek C.
  8. Williams R.
  9. Larson S.,Christensen E.
  10. Beshore E.
  11. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

We present the analysis of 1207 RR Lyrae found in photometry taken by the Catalina Survey's Mount Lemmon telescope. By combining accurate distances for these stars with measurements for ~14000 type-ab RR Lyrae from the Catalina Schmidt telescope, we reveal an extended association that reaches Galactocentric distances beyond 100kpc and overlaps the Sagittarius stream system. This result confirms earlier evidence for the existence of an outer halo tidal stream resulting from a disrupted stellar system. By comparing the RR Lyrae source density with that expected based on halo models, we find the detection has ~8{sigma} significance. We investigate the distances, radial velocities, metallicities, and period-amplitude distribution of the RR Lyrae. We find that both radial velocities and distances are inconsistent with current models of the Sagittarius stream. We also find tentative evidence for a division in source metallicities for the most distant sources. Following prior analyses, we compare the locations and distances of the RR Lyrae with photometrically selected candidate horizontal branch stars and find supporting evidence that this structure spans at least 60{deg} of the sky. We investigate the prospects of an association between the stream and the unusual globular cluster NGC 2419.

Keywords
  1. variable-stars
  2. photometry
  3. stellar-distance
Bibliographic source Bibcode
2013ApJ...765..154D
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https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/ApJ/765/154
IVOA Identifier IVOID
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/765/154
Document Object Identifer DOI
doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.17650154

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History

2014-12-01T10:28:17Z
Resource record created
2014-12-01T10:28:17Z
Created
2017-10-02T19:28:46Z
Updated

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