A faint new milky way satellite in bootes

V. Belokurov; D. B. Zucker; N. W. Evans; M. I. Wilkinson; M. J. Irwin; S. Hodgkin; D. M. Bramich; J. M. Irwin; G. Gilmore; B. Willman; S. Vidrih; H. J. Newberg; R. F G Wyse; M. Fellhauer; P. C. Hewett; N. Cole; E. F. Bell; T. C. Beers; C. M. Rockosi; B. Yanny; E. K. Grebel; D. P. Schneider; R. Lupton; J. C. Barentine; H. Brewington; J. Brinkmann; M. Harvanek; S. J. Kleinman; J. Krzesinski; D. Long; A. Nitta; J. A. Smith; S. A. Snedden

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A faint new milky way satellite in bootes

V. Belokurov^*, D. B. Zucker, N. W. Evans, M. I. Wilkinson, M. J. Irwin, S. Hodgkin, D. M. Bramich, J. M. Irwin, G. Gilmore, B. Willman, S. Vidrih, H. J. Newberg, R. F G Wyse, M. Fellhauer, P. C. Hewett, N. Cole, E. F. Bell, T. C. Beers, C. M. Rockosi, B. YannyE. K. Grebel, D. P. Schneider, R. Lupton, J. C. Barentine, H. Brewington, J. Brinkmann, M. Harvanek, S. J. Kleinman, J. Krzesinski, D. Long, A. Nitta, J. A. Smith, S. A. Snedden

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We announce the discovery of a new satellite of the Milky Way in the constellation of Bootes at a distance of ∼60 kpc. It was found in a systematic search for stellar overdensities in the north Galactic cap using Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 5. The color-magnitude diagram shows a well-defined turnoff, red giant branch, and extended horizontal branch. Its absolute magnitude is M_v∼ -5.8 mag, which makes it one of the faintest galaxies known. The half-light radius is ∼220 pc. The isodensity contours are elongated and have an irregular shape, suggesting that Boo may be a disrupted dwarf spheroidal galaxy.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	L111-L114
Number of pages	4
Journal	Astrophysical Journal
Volume	647
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1086/507324
Publication status	Published - 20 Aug 2006
Externally published	Yes

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Belokurov, V., Zucker, D. B., Evans, N. W., Wilkinson, M. I., Irwin, M. J., Hodgkin, S., Bramich, D. M., Irwin, J. M., Gilmore, G., Willman, B., Vidrih, S., Newberg, H. J., Wyse, R. F. G., Fellhauer, M., Hewett, P. C., Cole, N., Bell, E. F., Beers, T. C., Rockosi, C. M., ... Snedden, S. A. (2006). A faint new milky way satellite in bootes. Astrophysical Journal, 647(2), L111-L114. https://doi.org/10.1086/507324

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