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Press Media for "Wild Rides" Press Release
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Below are text, images and animations associated with Tuesday's press release on the Galactic orbits of ultracool subdwarfs. Please note that these materials are embargoed until June 9, 2009 at 12:30pm (PDT).
The images and animations were constructed using the Digital Universe, which is maintained by the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH). Animations were made with the assistance of Brian Abbot at AMNH.
Press text
MIT Press Office
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Visualizations of the Milky Way orbits of various ultracool subdwarfs examined in this study from the Digital Universe. (Credit: Prof. Adam Burgasser/MIT and the Digital Universe/American Museum of Natural History)
- Comparison of the Galactic orbits of LSR 1610-0040 (orange), 2MASS 1227-0447 (green) and the Sun (white):
- Comparison of all subdwarf Galactic orbits:
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View from 150,000 light years above Galactic plane, with globular clusters (800x600)
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View from 150,000 light years above Galactic plane, without globular clusters (800x600)
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View from 150,000 light years away in the plane of the Galaxy, with globular clusters (800x600)
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View from 150,000 light years away in the plane of the Galaxy, without globular clusters (800x600)
Animations
- Simulation of the orbit of the ultracool subdwarf LSR 1610-0040 around the Milky Way, as visualized using Digital Universe. The simulation goes from 500 Myr in the past to 500 Myr in the future at a rate of 12 million years per second. In the middle the motion slows down by a factor of 100 as the star passes by the Sun. Small clusters of stars indicate the locations of globular clusters, while the wire mesh surfaces in the center of the Milky Way indicate the approximate extents of the Bulge and Bar.
(Credit: Prof. Adam Burgasser/MIT and the Digital Universe/American Museum of Natural History)
Last updated 5 June 2009 by AJB
