Cultural advice

The Australian National University acknowledges, celebrates and pays our respects to the Ngunnawal and Ngambri people of the Canberra region and to all First Nations Australians on whose traditional lands we meet and work, and whose cultures are among the oldest continuing cultures in human history.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are advised that ANU Library collections may include images, names, voices, and other representations of deceased persons.

Material in the collection may contain terms, language or views that reflect the period in which the item was created and may be considered inappropriate today.

A peculiar faint satellite in the remote outer halo of M31

Thumbnail Image

Date

2013

Authors

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

Journal Title

Journal ISSN

Volume Title

Publisher

Institute of Physics Publishing Ltd.

Abstract

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

Description

Keywords

Keywords: galaxies: dwarf; galaxies: individual (M31); globular clusters: general; Local Group

Citation

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/73032

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Astrophysical Journal Letters

Type

Journal article

Book Title

Entity type

Access Statement

Open Access

License Rights

DOI

10.1088/2041-8205/770/2/L17

Restricted until

Downloads

File
Description
01_Mackey_A_peculiar_faint_satellite_in_2013.pdf (755.46 KB)

DSpace software copyright © 2002-2026 LYRASIS

abcd