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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

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 +9

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.SR2025

47 Tuc in Rubin Data Preview 1: Exploring Early LSST Data and Science Potential

Yumi Choi, Knut A. G. Olsen, Jeffrey L. Carlin +12

We present analyses of the early data from Rubin Observatory's Data Preview 1 (DP1) for the globular cluster 47 Tuc field. The DP1 dataset for 47 Tuc includes four nights of observ…

astro-ph.IM2025

Variability-finding in Rubin Data Preview 1 with LSDB

Konstantin Malanchev, Melissa DeLucchi, Neven Caplar +56

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory recently released Data Preview 1 (DP1) in advance of the upcoming Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST), which will enable boundless discoveries in t…

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…