A Pride of Satellites in the Constellation Leo? Discovery of the Leo VI Milky Way Satellite Ultra-faint Dwarf Galaxy with DELVE Early Data Release 3

A Pride of Satellites in the Constellation Leo? Discovery of the Leo VI Milky Way Satellite Ultra-faint Dwarf Galaxy with DELVE Early Data Release 3

We report the discovery and spectroscopic confirmation of an ultra-faint Milky Way satellite in the constellation of Leo. This system was discovered as a spatial overdensity of resolved stars observed with Dark Energy Camera (DECam) data from an early version of the third data release of the DECam L...

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Main Authors: C. Y. Tan, W. Cerny, A. Drlica-Wagner, A. B. Pace, M. Geha, A. P. Ji, T. S. Li, M. Adamów, D. Anbajagane, C. R. Bom, J. A. Carballo-Bello, J. L. Carlin, C. Chang, A. Chaturvedi, A. Chiti, Y. Choi, M. L. M. Collins, A. Doliva-Dolinsky, P. S. Ferguson, R. A. Gruendl, D. J. James, G. Limberg, M. Navabi, D. Martínez-Delgado, C. E. Martínez-Vázquez, G. E. Medina, B. Mutlu-Pakdil, D. L. Nidever, N. E. D. Noël, A. H. Riley, J. D. Sakowska, D. J. Sand, J. Sharp, G. S. Stringfellow, C. Tolley, D. L. Tucker, A. K. Vivas, (DELVE Collaboration)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2025-01-01
Series:The Astrophysical Journal
Subjects:
Dwarf galaxies
Surveys
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad9b0c
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