Astrophysics (Index)About

Monoceros Ring

(Monoceros Tidal Stream)
(stellar stream wrapping around the Milky Way)

The Monoceros Ring is a stellar stream that wraps around the Milky Way three times. It was identified in Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) data in 2002. There is some nomenclature controversy: some consider it a warped outer portion of the Milky-Way galactic disk.


(stellar stream)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monoceros_Ring
http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=monoceros+ring
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2003MNRAS.340L..21I/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2005ApJ...626..128P/abstract

Referenced by page:
Field of Streams

Index