Halo Substructure in the QUEST RR Lyrae Survey

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A survey of 380 sq. deg. of the sky with the 1m Schmidt telescope at the Observatorio Nacional de Llano del Halo and the QUEST camera has found 498 RR Lyrae variables lying from 4 to 60 kpc from the Sun. We describe the halo substructure revealed by these data and the results of measuring some of the stars' radial velocities and metal abundances.
8 pages, 5 figures, proceedings of the conference "Satellites and Tidal Streams", La Palma 26-30 May 2003, Spain, ASP Conference Series

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