Space motions of the draco, fornax, and sagittarius dwarf spheroidal galaxies

Slawomir Piatek, Carlton Pryor, Edward Olszewski

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3 Scopus citations

Abstract

Because of the diffraction-limited resolution of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), it became possible to measure proper motions of the nearby dwarf spheroidal (dSph) galaxies using imaging with time baselines of only several years. This contribution discusses the motivation for measuring proper motions; describes highlights of the observational and data-reduction techniques; and reports the proper motions and their implications for the Draco, Fornax, and Sagittarius galaxies.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationAstrophysics and Space Science Proceedings
EditorsHelmut Jerjen, Barbel Silvia Koribalski
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media B.V.
Pages199-202
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9781402069338
ISBN (Print)9780387727677, 9780387876207, 9781402055720, 9781402069321, 9781402069321, 9781402088674, 9781402091896, 9781441981608, 9781441983688, 9783540758259, 9783642033230, 9783642103216, 9783642103513, 9783642113406, 9783642172502, 9789048133994, 9789048134984
DOIs
StatePublished - 2008
EventGalaxies in the Local Volume symposium, 2007 - Sydney, Australia
Duration: Jul 8 2007Jul 13 2007

Publication series

NameAstrophysics and Space Science Proceedings
Volume0
ISSN (Print)1570-6591
ISSN (Electronic)1570-6605

Other

OtherGalaxies in the Local Volume symposium, 2007
Country/TerritoryAustralia
CitySydney
Period7/8/077/13/07

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Physics and Astronomy
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Spectroscopy
  • Space and Planetary Science
  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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