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.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
stellar tidal stream canonical 1
tidal debris candidate 1

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: stellar tidal stream
Generated description
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.

Instances (2)

Instance Via concept surface
GD-1 stream
Triangulum–Andromeda overdensity tidal debris candidate