10 papers
Ultra-Deep imaging of the starless galaxy candidate Cloud-9
Ignacio Trujillo, Ignacio Ruiz Cejudo, Sergio Guerra Arencibia +1
We report the non-detection of stellar light associated with the dark galaxy candidate Cloud-9. Ultra-deep imaging obtained with HiPERCAM at the Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC) reac…
Serendipitous discovery of an almost-dark galaxy in the Virgo Cluster
Minh Ngoc Le, Ignacio Trujillo, Sergio Guerra Arencibia +9
Analogues of extreme Local Group galaxies with very low surface brightness and large effective radii must exist elsewhere, still hidden due to current detection limits. We report t…
How large can galaxies be? Ultra-deep imaging of IC 1101, the most extended known galaxy
Carlos Marrero-de la Rosa, Ignacio Trujillo, Ignacio Ruiz Cejudo +18
The maximum physical extent that galaxies can reach is poorly understood. In this regard, IC 1101, one of the most extended and massive galaxies known, provides a valuable opportun…
The explosive growth of the Messier 74 galaxy. A galaxy doubling its size in less than a Gigayear
Ignacio Ruiz Cejudo, Ignacio Trujillo, Sergio Guerra Arencibia +3
Galaxy formation models predict that galaxies grow inside-out, becoming larger over time. While observations broadly support this paradigm, the nature and timescales of this growth…
LIGHTS. The Thin Encircling Stellar Stream of NGC 3938
Dennis Zaritsky, Jacob Nibauer, Giulia Golini +17
We present a stellar stream found in images of the nearby, nearly face-on, late-type galaxy, NGC 3938 obtained for the LBT Imaging of Galactic Halos and Tidal Structures (LIGHTS) s…
Revisiting the structure of galactic disks with deep imaging
Samane Raji, Ignacio Trujillo, Fernando Buitrago +2
Thanks to new advances in astronomical imaging, we can now routinely explore disk galaxy profiles about two magnitudes deeper than the data available 20 years ago. In this regard,…