A stellar stream is an association of
List of stellar streams
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Virgo Stellar Stream — Infobox Galaxy name = Virgo Stellar Stream epoch = J2000 type = remains of a dSph ra = ? dec = ? dist ly = 30 kly appmag v = ? size v = 30 prime; times; 10 prime; constellation name = Virgo radius ly = ? absmag v = ? names = noneThe Virgo Stellar … Wikipedia
Stellar kinematics — is the study of the movement of stars without needing to understand how they acquired their motion. This differs from stellar dynamics, which takes into account gravitational effects. The motion of a star relative to the Sun can provide useful… … Wikipedia
Stream (disambiguation) — A stream is a moving body of water, such as a creek or a river.Stream may also refer to:* Stream (computing), succession of data elements supplied over time * Streams (networking API), a computer programming interface for implementing network… … Wikipedia
Arcturus stream — In astronomy, the Arcturus Stream is a stellar stream, including the nearby bright star Arcturus which share similar proper motion.This stream is not in the plane of the Milky Way galaxy and is likely the remnants of an ancient dwarf satellite… … Wikipedia
Milky Way — This article is about the galaxy. For other uses, see Milky Way (disambiguation). Milky Way galaxy Image of the Milky Way s Galactic Center in the night sky above Paranal Observatory Observation data … Wikipedia
Outline of astronomy — Mauna Kea in Hawaii is one of the world s premier observatory sites. Pictured is the W. M. Keck Observatory, an optical interferometer. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to astronomy: Astronomy – studies the… … Wikipedia
Open cluster — Galactic cluster redirects here. See also galaxy groups and clusters NGC 265, an open star cluster in the Small Magellanic Cloud An open cluster is a group of up to a few thousand stars that were formed from the same giant molecular cloud and… … Wikipedia
Monoceros Ring — The Monoceros Ring is a ring of stars around the Milky Way which is proposed to consist of a stellar stream torn from the Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy as it merges with the Milky Way over the course of billions of years. It is a complex ringlike… … Wikipedia
Galaxy — This article is about the astronomical structure. For other uses, see Galaxy (disambiguation). NGC 4414, a typical spiral galaxy in the constellation Coma Berenices, is about 55,000 light years in diameter and approximately 60 million light… … Wikipedia
NGC 5466 — by Hubble Space Telescope; 3.5′ view. Credit: NASA/STScI/WikiSky Observation data (J2000 epoch) … Wikipedia
