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    Astrophysicists produce 1st Age Map of the Halo of the Milky Way

    October 29, 2015, Categories  Astronomy/Space

    This chronographic map of the Milky Way's halo system shows a color gradient that is associated with an age difference of roughly 2-2.5 G yrs. The oldest stars are the darkest and are concentrated in the central part of the galaxy, the darkest portion of the bottom of the map

    This chronographic map of the Milky Way’s halo system shows a color gradient that is associated with an age difference of roughly 2-2.5 G yrs

    The 1st chronographic (age) map of the halo of the Milky Way galaxy has been created. The halo, along with the disk and bulge, are the primary components of the galaxy. Using a sample of 4,700 blue horizontal-branch (BHB) stars from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, the research team showed that the oldest stars are concentrated in the central region of the galaxy, confirming predictions from numerical simulations of galaxy assembly. The researchers have also shown that chronographic maps such as theirs can also be used to identify complex structures of stars still in the process of being added to the halo system of our galaxy.

    The researchers used the...

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