Galactic Anticenter Stellar Structure
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The Galactic Anticenter Stellar Structure is a vast, ring-like stream of stars encircling the Milky Way’s outer disk, thought to be the remnant of a disrupted dwarf galaxy or a warped extension of the Galactic disk.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Galactic anticenter region | 1 |
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Galactic substructure
ⓘ
ring-like stellar stream ⓘ stellar structure ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Milky Way stellar halo
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
outer Galactic disk warp ⓘ |
| classifiedAs | large-scale Milky Way feature ⓘ |
| composedOf | stars ⓘ |
| discoveredThrough | wide-field photometric surveys ⓘ |
| encircles | Milky Way outer disk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| extendsOver | Galactic disk outskirts ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
metal-poor stars
ⓘ
old stars ⓘ |
| hasShape | ring-like ⓘ |
| hasUncertain | origin ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Galactic potential
ⓘ
tidal interactions ⓘ |
| investigatedUsing |
stellar kinematics
ⓘ
stellar metallicities ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Galactic anticenter region
ⓘ
outer Milky Way ⓘ |
| observedAs | stellar overdensity ⓘ |
| observedIn | Galactic anticenter direction ⓘ |
| partOf | Milky Way NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| possibleOrigin |
disrupted dwarf galaxy remnant
ⓘ
warped extension of Galactic disk ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Monoceros Ring
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
outer disk stellar streams ⓘ |
| studiedIn | Galactic structure research ⓘ |
| tracedBy |
giant stars
ⓘ
main-sequence stars ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Galactic anticenter region