3 papers
astro-ph.GA2026
Blobs and Blurs: A Citizen Science-Identified Catalog of Diffuse Galaxies in the Fornax Cluster
Nicolas Mazziotti, Michael G. Jones, Donghyeon J. Khim +2
We present a catalog of 643 diffuse galaxies identified through a citizen science search of the Fornax cluster, of which we estimate 21.8% are nucleated (139/637; 6 inconclusive).…
astro-ph.GA2024
Citizen Science Identification of Isolated Blue Stellar Systems in the Virgo cluster
Swapnaneel Dey, Michael G. Jones, David J. Sand +4
We present a catalog of 34 new candidate (13 high confidence) isolated, young stellar systems within the Virgo galaxy cluster identified through a citizen science search of public…
astro-ph.GA2024
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…