Browsing Chapman, Scott by Author "McConnachie, A."

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  • Dynamics in the satellite system of Triangulum: Is AndXXII a dwarf satellite of M33? 

    Chapman, S. C., L. Widrow, M. L. M. Collins, J. Dubinski, et al. 2012. "Dynamics in the satellite system of Triangulum: Is AndXXII a dwarf satellite of M33?." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 430(1): 37.
    We present results from a spectroscopic survey of the dwarf spheroidal And XXII and the two extended clusters EC1 and EC2. These three objects are candidate satellites of the Triangulum galaxy, M33, which itself is likely ...

  • Inside the whale: the structure and dynamics of the isolated Cetus dwarf spheroidal 

    Lewis, G. F., R. A. Ibata, S. C. Chapman, A. McConnachie, et al. 2007. "Inside the whale: the structure and dynamics of the isolated Cetus dwarf spheroidal." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 375(4): 1364-1370
    This paper presents a study of the Cetus dwarf, an isolated dwarf galaxy within the Local Group. A matched-filter analysis of the INT/WFC imaging of this system reveals no evidence for significant tidal debris that could ...

  • The kinematic footprints of five stellar streams in Andromeda's halo 

    Chapman, S. C., R. Ibata, M. Irwin, A. Koch, et al. 2008. "The kinematic footprints of five stellar streams in Andromeda's halo." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 390(4): 1437
    (abridged) We present a spectroscopic analysis of five stellar streams (`A', `B', `Cr', `Cp' and `D') as well as the extended star cluster, EC4, which lies within streamC, all discovered in the halo of M31 from our ...

  • A kinematically selected, metal-poor stellar halo in the outskirts of M31 

    Chapman, S. C., R. Ibata, G. F. Lewis, A. M. N. Ferguson, et al. 2006. "A kinematically selected, metal-poor stellar halo in the outskirts of M31." The Astrophysical Journal 653(1): 255-266
    We present evidence for a metal-poor, [Fe/H]$\sim-1.4$ $\sigma$=0.2 dex, stellar halo component detectable at radii from 10 kpc to 70 kpc, in our nearest giant spiral neighbor, the Andromeda galaxy. This metal-poor sample ...

  • Strangers in the night: Discovery of a dwarf spheroidal galaxy on its first Local Group infall 

    Chapman, S. C., J. Penarrubia, R. Ibata, A. McConnachie, et al. 2007. "Strangers in the night: Discovery of a dwarf spheroidal galaxy on its first Local Group infall." The Astrophysical Journal 662(2): 79-L82
    We present spectroscopic observations of the AndXII dwarf spheroidal galaxy using DEIMOS/Keck-II, showing it to be moving rapidly through the Local Group (-556 km/s heliocentric velocity, -281 km/s relative to Andromeda ...

  • Taking measure of the Andromeda halo: a kinematic analysis of the giant stream surrounding M31 

    Ibata, R., S. Chapman, A. M. N. Ferguson, M. Irwin, et al. 2004. "Taking measure of the Andromeda halo: a kinematic analysis of the giant stream surrounding M31." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 351(1): 117-124
    We present a spectroscopic survey of the giant stellar stream found in the halo of the Andromeda galaxy. Taken with the DEIMOS multi-object spectrograph on the Keck2 telescope, these data display a narrow velocity dispersion ...

  • The tidal trail of NGC205? 

    McConnachie, A., M. Irwin, G. Lewis, R. Ibata, et al. 2004. "The tidal trail of NGC205?." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 351(4): 94-L98
    Using data taken as part of the Isaac Newton Telescope Wide Field Camera (INT WFC) survey of M31, we have identified an arc-like overdensity of blue, presumably metal-poor, red giant branch stars in the north-west quadrant ...