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The Discovery of Tidal Tails Around NGC 5466

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Evans, NW 
Irwin, MJ 
Hewett, PC 
Wilkinson, MI 

Abstract

We report the discovery of tidal tails around the high-latitude Galactic globular cluster NGC 5466 in Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) data. Neural networks are used to reconstruct the probability distribution of cluster stars in u,g,r,i and z space. The tails are clearly visible, once extra-galactic contaminants and field stars have been eliminated. They extend roughly 4 degrees on the sky, corresponding to about 1 kpc in projected length. The orientation of the tails is in good agreement with the cluster's Galactic orbit, as judged from the proper motion data.

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astro-ph, astro-ph

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Astrophys.J.

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637

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Science and Technology Facilities Council (ST/H00243X/1)
Science and Technology Facilities Council (ST/N000927/1)