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GD-1

(stellar stream formed by globular cluster)

GD-1 is a stellar stream within the Milky Way halo apparently formed from a globular cluster, identified in Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) data in 2006.

(stellar stream)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_stellar_streams
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2006ApJ...643L..17G/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2010MNRAS.403.1999E/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2021ApJ...911L..32G/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2015MNRAS.449.1391B/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2018MNRAS.477.1893D/abstract
RedshiftParsecs
/Distance		Lightyears
/Lookback Years		  
~08kpc26.0klyGD-1
Coordinates:GD-1
J12+55
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