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2015ApJ...804L..44K - Astrophys. J., 804, L44 (2015/May-2)

A hero's dark horse: discovery of an ultra-faint Milky Way satellite in Pegasus.

KIM D., JERJEN H., MacKEY D., DA COSTA G.S. and MILONE A.P.

Abstract (from CDS):

We report the discovery of an ultra-faint Milky Way satellite galaxy in the constellation of Pegasus. The concentration of stars was detected by applying our overdensity detection algorithm to the SDSS-DR 10 and confirmed with deeper photometry from the Dark Energy Camera at the 4 m Blanco telescope. Fitting model isochrones indicates that this object, Pegasus III, features an old and metal-poor stellar population ([Fe/H] ∼ -2.1) at a heliocentric distance of 205±20 kpc. The new stellar system has an estimated half-light radius of rh = 78–24+30 pc and a total luminosity of MV ∼ -4.1 ±0.5 that places it into the domain of dwarf galaxies on the size-luminosity plane. Pegasus III is spatially close to the MW satellite Pisces II. It is possible that the two might be physically associated, similar to the Leo IV and Leo V pair. Pegasus III is also well aligned with the Vast Polar Structure, which suggests a possible physical association.

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Journal keyword(s): galaxies: dwarf - galaxies: individual: Pegasus III - galaxies: stellar content - Galaxy: halo - Local Group

Nomenclature: NAME Pegasus III = NAME Peg III

Simbad objects: 8

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