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SEAMLESS Survey: Four Faint Dwarf Galaxies Tracing Low-Mass Galaxy Evolution Across Environments
Catherine E. Fielder, Michael G. Jones, David J. Sand +11
We report on four Local Volume dwarf galaxies identified through our ongoing SEmi-Automated Machine LEarning Search for Semi-resolved galaxies (SEAMLESS): Hydrus A, LEDA 486718, Ce…
Star formation histories and gas content limits of three ultra-faint dwarfs on the periphery of M31
Michael G. Jones, David J. Sand, Paul Bennet +9
We present Hubble Space Telescope (HST) imaging of Pegasus V and Pisces VII, along with a re-analysis of the archival imaging of Pegasus W, and Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) neutra…
Pavo: Stellar feedback in action in a low-mass dwarf galaxy
Michael G. Jones, Martin P. Rey, David J. Sand +13
MeerKAT observations of the recently discovered, extremely low mass galaxy, Pavo, have revealed a neutral gas (HI) reservoir that was undetected in archival HI single dish data. We…
The NGC3109 Satellite System: The First Systematic Resolved Search for Dwarf Galaxies Around a SMC-mass Host
Amandine Doliva-Dolinsky, Burçin Mutlu-Pakdil, Denija Crnojević +38
We report the results of the deepest search to date for dwarf galaxies around NGC3109, a barred spiral galaxy with a mass similar to that of the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), using…
Identifying Dwarfs of MC Analog GalaxiEs (ID-MAGE): The Search for Satellites Around Low-Mass Hosts
Laura Congreve Hunter, Burçin Mutlu-Pakdil, David J. Sand +11
We present results from ID-MAGE (Identifying Dwarfs of MC Analog GalaxiEs), a survey aimed at identifying and characterizing unresolved satellite galaxies around 36~nearby LMC- and…
Are Gas-rich Ultra-diffuse Galaxies and Field Dwarfs Distinct?
Khadeejah Motiwala, Ananthan Karunakaran, Kristine Spekkens +5
We explore the differences in gas-rich field Ultra-Diffuse Galaxies (UDGs) and classical dwarf galaxies using an extensive atomic gas (HI) follow-up survey of optically-selected UD…
Streams, Shells, and Substructures in the Accretion-Built Stellar Halo of NGC 300
Catherine E. Fielder, David J. Sand, Michael G. Jones +27
We present deep optical observations of the stellar halo of NGC 300, an LMC-mass galaxy, acquired with the DEEP sub-component of the DECam Local Volume Exploration survey (DELVE) u…
Fuzzy Galaxies or Cirrus? Decomposition of Galactic Cirrus in Deep Wide-Field Images
Qing Liu, Roberto Abraham, Peter G. Martin +12
Diffuse Galactic cirrus, or Diffuse Galactic Light (DGL), can be a prominent component in the background of deep wide-field imaging surveys. The DGL provides unique insights into t…
Three Quenched, Faint Dwarf Galaxies in the Direction of NGC 300: New Probes of Reionization and Internal Feedback
D. J. Sand, B. Mutlu-Pakdil, M. G. Jones +18
We report the discovery of three faint and ultra-faint dwarf galaxies -- Sculptor A, Sculptor B and Sculptor C -- in the direction of NGC 300 (D=2.0 Mpc), a Large Magellanic Cloud-…
Systematically Measuring Ultra-Diffuse Galaxies. VII. The HI Survey Overview
Ananthan Karunakaran, Khadeejah Motiwala, Kristine Spekkens +3
We present the results from the neutral hydrogen (HI) follow-up survey of 378 optically-detected UDG candidates from the Systematically Measuring Ultra-Diffuse Galaxies (SMUDGes) s…
Corvus A: A low-mass, isolated galaxy at 3.5 Mpc
Michael G. Jones, David J. Sand, Burcin Mutlu-Pakdil +9
We report the discovery of Corvus A, a low-mass, gas-rich galaxy at a distance of approximately 3.5 Mpc, identified in DR10 of the Dark Energy Camera Legacy Imaging Survey during t…
Dark no more: The low luminosity stellar counterpart of a dark cloud in the Virgo cluster
Michael G. Jones, Steven Janowiecki, Swapnaneel Dey +9
We have discovered the stellar counterpart to the ALFALFA Virgo 7 cloud complex, which has been thought to be optically dark and nearly star-free since its discovery in 2007. This…
The Faint Satellite System of NGC 253: Insights into Low-Density Environments and No Satellite Plane
Burçin Mutlu-Pakdil, David J. Sand, Denija Crnojević +12
We have conducted a systematic search around the Milky Way (MW) analog NGC 253 (D=3.5 Mpc), as a part of the Panoramic Imaging Survey of Centaurus and Sculptor (PISCeS) - a Magella…
A Bigger Cloud 9? New HI Observations of the RELHIC Candidate M94-Cloud 9
Ananthan Karunakaran, Kristine Spekkens
We present new HI observations of the REionization-Limited HI Cloud (RELHIC) candidate, M94-CL9, detected around M94 by Zhou et al. using the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical…
All Puffed Up: Exploring Ultra-diffuse Galaxy Origins through Galaxy Interactions
Catherine Fielder, Michael Jones, David Sand +5
We present new follow-up observations of two ultra-diffuse galaxies (UDGs) selected for their distorted morphologies and tidal features, suggestive of tidal influence. Using Hubble…
Gas and star formation in satellites of Milky Way analogs
Michael G. Jones, David J. Sand, Ananthan Karunakaran +9
We have imaged the entirety of eight (plus one partial) Milky Way-like satellite systems, a total of 42 (45) satellites, from the Satellites Around Galactic Analogs (SAGA) II catal…
An almost dark galaxy with the mass of the Small Magellanic Cloud
Mireia Montes, Ignacio Trujillo, Ananthan Karunakaran +9
Almost Dark Galaxies are objects that have eluded detection by traditional surveys such as the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). The low surface brightness of these galaxies ((…
Pavo: Discovery of a star-forming dwarf galaxy just outside the Local Group
Michael G. Jones, Burcin Mutlu-Pakdil, David J. Sand +9
We report the discovery of Pavo, a faint (), star-forming, irregular, and extremely isolated dwarf galaxy at Mpc. Pavo was identified in Dark Energy Camera…
WALLABY Pre-Pilot Survey: Ultra-Diffuse Galaxies in the Eridanus Supergroup
B. -Q. For, K. Spekkens, L. Staveley-Smith +12
We present a pilot study of the atomic neutral hydrogen gas (HI) content of ultra-diffuse galaxy (UDG) candidates. In this paper, we use the pre-pilot Eridanus field data from the…
Exploring the Structures and Substructures of the Andromeda Satellite Dwarf Galaxies Cassiopeia III, Perseus I, and Lacerta I
Katherine L. Rhode, Nicholas J. Smith, Denija Crnojevic +8
We present results from wide-field imaging of the resolved stellar populations of the dwarf spheroidal galaxies Cassiopeia III (And XXXII) and Perseus I (And XXXIII), two satellite…
Systematically Measuring Ultra-Diffuse Galaxies (SMUDGes). V. The Complete SMUDGes Catalog and the Nature of Ultra-Diffuse Galaxies
Dennis Zaritsky, Richard Donnerstein, Arjun Dey +5
We present the completed catalog of ultra-diffuse galaxy (UDG) candidates (7070 objects) from our search of the DR9 Legacy Survey images, including distance and total mass estimate…
The Disturbed and Globular Cluster-Rich Ultra-diffuse Galaxy UGC 9050-Dw1
Catherine E. Fielder, Michael G. Jones, David J. Sand +5
We investigate the ultra-diffuse galaxy (UDG) UGC 9050-Dw1, which was selected because of its disturbed morphology as part of a larger sample of UDGs that display evidence for sign…
An Enigmatic 380 kpc Long Linear Collimated Galactic Tail
Dennis Zaritsky, Jacob P. Crossett, Yara L. Jaffé +7
We present an intriguing, serendipitously-detected system consisting of an S0/a galaxy, which we refer to as the "Kite", and a highly-collimated tail of gas and stars that extends…
Systematically Measuring Ultra-Diffuse Galaxies (SMUDGes). IV. Ultra-Diffuse Satellites of Milky Way Analogs
Hina Goto, Dennis Zaritsky, Ananthan Karunakaran +2
To better understand the formation of large, low surface brightness galaxies, we measure the correlation function between ultra-diffuse galaxy (UDG) candidates and Milky Way analog…