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most citedGlobular Clusters UVIT Legacy Survey (GlobULeS) I. FUV-optical Color-Magnitude Diagrams for Eight Globular Clusters

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astro-ph.GA2026

Hidden in the Halo: New Diffuse Star Clusters in the M82 Starburst with JWST

Deepthi S. Prabhu, David J. Sand, Burcin Mutlu-Pakdil +12

Diffuse star clusters (DSCs) occupy a poorly explored region of the size-luminosity plane between classical globular clusters (GCs) and dwarf galaxies. Here we report the discovery…

astro-ph.GA2026

Discovery, Characterization, and Potential Origins of a Stream in the Stellar Halo of Nearby LMC-Mass Galaxy NGC 55

Benjamin N. Velguth, Burçin Mutlu-Pakdil, Erik Tollerud +33

We present a previously undetected stellar stream in the halo of the LMC-mass dwarf galaxy NGC 55 (2 Mpc), as part of an ongoing effort to characterize the stellar halos of LMC/SMC…

astro-ph.GA2026

Deep Imaging of Grus II and Horologium II: Structure and Extent of Two Ultra-Faint Milky Way Satellites

Deepthi S. Prabhu, David J. Sand, Anirudh Chiti +29

We present deep, wide-field Magellan/Megacam imaging of the ultra-faint Milky Way (MW) satellites Grus II (Gru II) and Horologium II (Hor II), with the aim of deriving improved con…

astro-ph.GA2026

The DECam MAGIC Survey Mapping the Ancient Galaxy in CaHK: Overview and Summary of Early Science

A. Chiti, A. Drlica-Wagner, A. B. Pace +42

We present the DECam Mapping the Ancient Galaxy in CaHK (MAGIC) survey, a 54-night NOIRLab Survey Program to image 5,000deg of the southern hemisphere using a meta…

astro-ph.GA2026

ID-MAGE II: The Star Forming Satellites of Low-Mass Hosts

Laura Congreve Hunter, Burçin Mutlu-Pakdil, Michael B. Farnell +14

We present results from our ongoing campaign to follow up the satellite candidates from the Identifying Dwarfs of MC Analog GalaxiEs (ID-MAGE) survey. Previously, we published a li…

astro-ph.GA2026

The DECam MAGIC Survey: Uncovering the Tidal Tails of the Crater II Dwarf Galaxy

Kaia R. Atzberger, Andrew B. Pace, Nitya Kallivayalil +27

Crater II (CraII), a large and low-density dwarf spheroidal galaxy, has unusual observed properties that are difficult to reproduce in cold dark matter simulations. Ongoing tidal d…

astro-ph.GA2025

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…

astro-ph.GA2025

Hubble Space Telescope Imaging of Three Isolated Faint Dwarf Galaxies Beyond the Local Group: Pavo, Corvus A, and Kamino

Burçin Mutlu-Pakdil, Michael G. Jones, David J. Sand +14

We present new Hubble Space Telescope (HST) imaging of three recently discovered star-forming dwarf galaxies beyond the Local Group: Pavo, Corvus A, and Kamino. The discovery of Ka…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 4 cited

A second-generation star in a relic dwarf galaxy

Anirudh Chiti, Vinicius M. Placco, Andrew B. Pace +22

Stars that contain only trace amounts of elements heavier than helium, referred to as having low "metallicity", preserve the chemical fingerprints of the first generation of stars…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 1 cited

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…

astro-ph.GA2025

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…

astro-ph.GA2025

The DECam MAGIC Survey: Spectroscopic Follow-up of the Most Metal-Poor Stars in the Distant Milky Way Halo

Vinicius M. Placco, Guilherme Limberg, Anirudh Chiti +21

In this work, we present high-resolution spectroscopic observations for six metal-poor stars with [Fe/H]<-3 (including one with [Fe/H]<-4), selected using narrow-band Ca II HK phot…

astro-ph.SR2022★ 6 cited

Globular Cluster UVIT legacy Survey (GlobUleS) III. Omega Centauri in Far-Ultraviolet

Deepthi S. Prabhu, Annapurni Subramaniam, Snehalata Sahu +21

We present the first comprehensive study of the most massive globular cluster Omega Centauri in the far-ultraviolet (FUV) extending from the center to ~ 28% of the tidal radius usi…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 14 cited

Globular Clusters UVIT Legacy Survey (GlobULeS) I. FUV-optical Color-Magnitude Diagrams for Eight Globular Clusters

Snehalata Sahu, Annapurni Subramaniam, Gaurav Singh +22

We present the first results of eight Globular Clusters (GCs) from the AstroSat/UVIT Legacy Survey program GlobULeS based on the observations carried out in two FUV filters (F148W…

astro-ph.SR2022★ 4 cited

Prospects of measuring a metallicity trend and spread in globular clusters from low-resolution spectroscopy

Martina Baratella, Deepthi S. Prabhu, Luiz A. Silva-Lima +1

The metallicity spread, or the metallicity trend along the evolutionary sequence of a globular cluster, is a rich source of information to help understand the cluster physics (e.g.…

astro-ph.SR2020

UV photometry of spotted stars in the horizontal branch of the globular cluster NGC 2808 using AstroSat

Deepthi S. Prabhu, Annapurni Subramaniam, Snehalata Sahu

A recent study of hot (20,000 to 30,000 K) extreme horizontal branch (EHB) stars in globular clusters (GCs) has led to the discovery of their variability. It is suggested that this…

astro-ph.SR2020★ 13 cited

The First Extensive Exploration of UV-bright Stars in the Globular Cluster NGC 2808

Deepthi S. Prabhu, Annapurni Subramaniam, Snehalata Sahu

In this study, we identified and characterized the hot and luminous UV-bright stars in the globular cluster NGC 2808. We combined data from the Ultra Violet Imaging Telescope (UVIT…