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Description
This article studies the structure of the Draco dwarf spheroidal galaxy, with an emphasis on the question of whether the spatial distribution of its stars has been affected by the tidal interaction with the Milky Way, using R- and V-band CCD photometry for 11 fields that are located in and around the Draco galaxy. 9 fields are in common with Piatek et al. (J/AJ/121/841); two additional fields, N1 and S1, are adjacent to the central C0 field studied by Piatek et al. in the north and south dire ctions, respectively, and extend beyond the tidal boundary along the minor axis. hese additional fields were imaged with the KPNO 0.9 m telescope using the 2048x2048 T2KA CCD chip. The article reports coordinates for the center, a position angle of the major axis, and the ellipticity. It also reports the results of searches for asymmetries in the structure of Draco. These results and searches for a "break" in the radial profile and for the presence of principal sequences of Draco in a color-magnitude diagram for regions more than 50' from the center yield no evidence that tidal forces from the Milky Way have affected the structure of Draco.
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