Tucana B: A Potentially Isolated and Quenched Ultra-faint Dwarf Galaxy at D\(\approx\)1.4 Mpc
Tucana B: A Potentially Isolated and Quenched Ultra-faint Dwarf Galaxy at D\(\approx\)1.4 Mpc
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Sand, D J , Mutlu-Pakdil, B , Jones, M G , Karunakaran, A , Wang, F , Yang, J , Chiti, A , Bennet, P , Crnojević, D and Spekkens, K
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Ithaca: Cornell University Library, arXiv.org
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We report the discovery of Tucana B, an isolated ultra-faint dwarf galaxy at a distance of D=1.4 Mpc. Tucana B was found during a search for ultra-faint satellite companions to the known dwarfs in the outskirts of the Local Group, although its sky position and distance indicate the nearest galaxy to be \(\sim\)500 kpc distant. Deep ground-based ima...
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Tucana B: A Potentially Isolated and Quenched Ultra-faint Dwarf Galaxy at D\(\approx\)1.4 Mpc
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2667073822
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2331-8422
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10.48550/arxiv.2205.09129
