The orbit of the Ancient Immigrant star (IMAGE)

Sloan Digital Sky Survey

The orbit of the Ancient Immigrant star

Caption

An image of our Milky Way galaxy with the position of the Ancient Immigrant star (SDSS J0715-7334) marked with a star symbol. The solid red line shows the path the Ancient Immigrant has taken through our galaxy; the dashed blue line shows the path expected for a star born in the Large Magellanic Cloud.

Credit

Image Credit: Vedant Chandra and the SDSS collaboration Background ESA/Gaia image, A. Moitinho, A. F. Silva, M. Barros, C. Barata, University of Lisbon; H. Savietto, Fork Research, under a Creative Commons license CC BY‐SA 3.0 IGO.

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