A peculiar faint satellite in the remote outer halo of M31
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Mackey, Alasdair; Huxor, A; Martin, N F; Ferguson, A. M. N.; Dotter, Aaron; McConnachie, Alan W; Ibata, Rodrigo A; Irwin, M. J.; Lewis, Geraint Francis; Sakari, C M; Tanvir, Nial R; Venn, Kim
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We present Hubble Space Telescope imaging of a newly discovered faint stellar system, PAndAS-48, in the outskirts of the M31 halo. Our photometry reveals this object to be comprised of an ancient and very metal-poor stellar population with age ≳ 10 Gyr
| Collections | ANU Research Publications |
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| Date published: | 2013 |
| Type: | Journal article |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/73032 |
| Source: | Astrophysical Journal Letters |
| DOI: | 10.1088/2041-8205/770/2/L17 |
| Access Rights: | Open Access |
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