3 papers
astro-ph2004
A Keck/Deimos Survey of Red Giant Branch Stars in the Outskirts of M31
Annette Ferguson, Scott Chapman, Rodrigo Ibata +3
We are using the DEIMOS multi-object spectrograph on the Keck II 10m telescope to conduct a spectroscopic survey of red giant branch stars in the outskirts of M31. To date, velocit…
astro-ph2003
Newly Discovered Globular Clusters in the Outer Halo of M31
A. Huxor, N. R. Tanvir, M. Irwin +4
We present nine newly discovered globular clusters in the outer halo of M31, found by a semi-automated procedure from a INT Wide Field Camera survey of the region. The sample inclu…
astro-ph2003
Tidal Remnants and Intergalactic HII Regions
T. Oosterloo, R. Morganti, E. M. Sadler +3
We report the discovery of two small intergalactic HII regions in the loose group of galaxies around the field elliptical NGC 1490. The HII regions are located at least 100 kpc fro…