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20062026
most citedThe Fornax Deep Survey with VST. I. The extended and diffuse stellar halo of NGC~1399 out to 192 kpc

186 citations · 2.4k across the 102 of their papers we have counts for

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103 papers

astro-ph.GA2026

Looking into the faintEst WIth MUSE (LEWIS): Exploring the nature of ultra-diffuse galaxies in the Hydra-I cluster. VI. A star-forming UDG in Hydra I: a rare UDG or a transition phase?

Luca Rossi, Chiara Buttitta, Goran Doll +21

This paper presents a detailed analysis of a gas-rich star-forming ultra-diffuse galaxy (UDG) as part of the ESO Large Programme 'Looking into the faintEst WIth MUSE (LEWIS)'. Amon…

astro-ph.GA2026

Advancing the detection of low surface brightness galaxies. I. ATTILA: multi-tAsking deTecTIon tool for Lsb gAlaxies

E. Borsato, F. Fonzo, N. Bellucco +15

Context. Ultra-diffuse galaxies (UDGs) lie at the extreme end of the size-luminosity distribution of low surface-brightness (LSB) galaxies. Their detection and characterization req…

astro-ph.GA2026★ 1 cited

VST-SMASH: VST Survey of Mass Assembly and Structural Hierarchy I. Survey presentation and deep photometry of IC 5332: tracing the mass assembly in the challenging faintest-end regime

R. Ragusa, C. Tortora, L. Hunt +9

Understanding the formation and evolution of late type galaxies (LTG) requires deep imaging for tracing the faintest stellar components in their outskirts. Despite their crucial ro…

astro-ph.GA2026★ 1 cited

Intracluster globular clusters as tracers of the mass assembly of the Hydra I galaxy cluster

Felipe S. Lohmann, Magda Arnaboldi, Michael Hilker +7

In galaxy clusters, hierarchical assembly predicts the formation of stellar substructures and intracluster light (ICL), a diffuse stellar component tracing the global cluster poten…

astro-ph.IM2025

Unlocking the physics of dwarf galaxies in the 2040s: The case for a next-generation wide-field spectroscopic facility with fibres and IFUs

Crescenzo Tortora, Daniela Carollo, Leslie Hunt +25

Dwarf galaxies () are the most numerous galaxies in the Universe and critical probes of dark matter, baryonic feedback, and galaxy formation. D…

astro-ph.IM2025

Why the Northern Hemisphere Needs a 30-40 m Telescope and the Science at Stake: A Low Surface Brightness Science Case

Mireia Montes, Ignacio Trujillo, David Martínez Delgado +27

The Extragalactic Low Surface Brightness (LSB, mag/arcsec) Universe represents a crucial, yet largely unseen, frontier in modern astrophysics. This faint realm…