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astro-ph.GA2026

Rubin Observatory Reveals a Dust-Shrouded Halo Globular Cluster in Ophiuchus

Aashay Pai, William Cerny, Andrew B. Pace +9

We present the discovery of the Milky Way satellite Rubin-GC1 (Rubin J1628-1735) using data from the NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory's Early Data Preview 2. The system was discov…

astro-ph.GA2026

Impact of LSST systematics on stellar-stream density fluctuations for dark matter

Matthieu Pélissier, Peter S. Ferguson, Alex Drlica-Wagner +6

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory's Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) is expected to significantly advance the study of Milky Way stellar streams. In particular, the deep, precise…

astro-ph.GA2026

A Deep Look at the Ultra-Faint Milky Way Satellite Virgo III with Rubin Observatory Data Preview 2

Aashay Pai, Alex Drlica-Wagner, Peter S. Ferguson +10

We analyze the ultra-faint Milky Way satellite Virgo III using data from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory Data Preview 2 (DP2). Virgo III was observed in the Rubin "Cosmic Treasure Ch…

astro-ph.GA2026

Discovery of the Distant, Ultra-Faint Milky Way Satellite Aquarius IV with the Vera C. Rubin Observatory Early Data Preview 2

William Cerny, Aashay Pai, Alex Drlica-Wagner +16

We present the discovery of Aquarius IV (Rubin J22010234) -- the first ultra-faint Milky Way satellite to be identified using data from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory. This syste…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 3 cited

An outer-disk SX Phe variable star in Rubin Data Preview 1

Jeffrey L. Carlin, Peter S. Ferguson, A. Katherina Vivas +2

We report the discovery of an SX Phoenicis-type pulsating variable star via 217 epochs of time-series photometry from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory's Data Preview 1. The star, desi…

astro-ph.GA2025

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…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 4 cited

DELVE-DEEP Survey: The Faint Satellite System of NGC 55

Jonah Medoff, Burçin Mutlu-Pakdil, Jeffrey L. Carlin +24

We report the first comprehensive census of the satellite dwarf galaxies around NGC 55 ( Mpc) as a part of the DECam Local Volume Exploration DEEP (DELVE-DEEP) survey. NGC 55…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 9 cited

Predictions for the Detectability of Milky Way Satellite Galaxies and Outer-Halo Star Clusters with the Vera C. Rubin Observatory

Kabelo Tsiane, Sidney Mau, Alex Drlica-Wagner +8

We predict the sensitivity of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) to faint, resolved Milky Way satellite galaxies and outer-halo star clusters. We…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 2 cited

Finding Lensed Radio Sources with the VLA Sky Survey

Michael N. Martinez, Yjan A. Gordon, Keith Bechtol +3

Radio observations of strongly lensed objects are valuable as cosmological probes. Lensed radio sources have proven difficult to identify in large part due to the limited depth and…