stellar tidal stream
C43595
concept
A stellar tidal stream is an elongated, ribbon-like structure of stars that has been gravitationally stripped from a star cluster or galaxy and stretched out along its orbit by tidal forces.
Observed surface forms (1)
- tidal debris candidate ×1
Instances (2)
- GD-1 stream
- Triangulum–Andromeda overdensity via concept surface "tidal debris candidate"