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most citedSagittarius II, Draco II and Laevens 3: three new Milky Way satellites discovered in the Pan-STARRS 1 3pi Survey

235 citations · 944 across the 13 of their papers we have counts for

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13 papers

stat.AP2020★ 1 cited

Observational daily and regional photovoltaic solar energy production for the Netherlands

Benjamin P. M. Laevens, Olav ten Bosch, Frank P. Pijpers +1

This paper presents a classical estimation problem for calculating the energy generated by photovoltaic solar energy systems in the Netherlands, on a daily, annual and regional bas…

astro-ph.GA2019★ 19 cited

Detailed study of the Milky Way globular cluster Laevens 3

Nicolas Longeard, Nicolas Martin, Rodrigo A. Ibata +4

We present a photometric and spectroscopic study of the Milky Way satellite Laevens 3. Using MegaCam/CFHT g and i photometry and Keck II/DEIMOS multi-object spectroscopy, we refine…

astro-ph.GA2019★ 45 cited

The Pristine Dwarf-Galaxy survey - II. In-depth observational study of the faint Milky Way satellite Sagittarius II

Nicolas Longeard, Nicolas Martin, Else Starkenburg +11

We present an extensive study of the Sagittarius II (Sgr II) stellar system using MegaCam g and i photometry, narrow-band, metallicity-sensitive Calcium H&K doublet photometry, aug…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 83 cited

Pristine Dwarf-Galaxy Survey I: A detailed photometric and spectroscopic study of the very metal-poor Draco II satellite

Nicolas Longeard, Nicolas Martin, Else Starkenburg +17

We present a detailed study of the faint Milky Way satellite Draco II (Dra II) from deep CFHT/MegaCam broadband and photometry and narrow-band metallicity-sensitive CaHK ob…

astro-ph.GA2017★ 26 cited

A rogues gallery of Andromeda's dwarf galaxies I. A predominance of red horizontal branches

Nicolas F. Martin, Daniel R. Weisz, Saundra M. Albers +11

We present homogeneous, sub-horizontal branch photometry of twenty dwarf spheroidal satellite galaxies of M31 observed with the Hubble Space Telescope. Combining our new data for s…

astro-ph.GA2016★ 42 cited

Gemini/GRACES Spectroscopy of Stars in Triangulum II

K. A. Venn, E. Starkenburg, L. Malo +2

The chemical abundance ratios and radial velocities for two stars in the recently discovered Triangulum II faint dwarf galaxy have been determined from high resolution, medium sign…

astro-ph.GA2015★ 56 cited

Triangulum II: a very metal-poor and dynamically hot stellar system

Nicolas F. Martin, Rodrigo A. Ibata, Michelle L. M. Collins +7

We present a study of the recently discovered compact stellar system Triangulum II. From observations conducted with the DEIMOS spectrograph on Keck II, we obtained spectra for 13…

astro-ph.GA2015★ 44 cited

Is Draco II one of the faintest dwarf galaxies? First study from Keck/DEIMOS spectroscopy

Nicolas F. Martin, Marla Geha, Rodrigo A. Ibata +8

We present the first spectroscopic analysis of the faint and compact stellar system Draco II (Dra II, M_V=-2.9+/-0.8, r_h=19^{+8}_{-6} pc), recently discovered in the Pan-STARRS1 3…

astro-ph.GA2015★ 235 cited

Sagittarius II, Draco II and Laevens 3: three new Milky Way satellites discovered in the Pan-STARRS 1 3pi Survey

Benjamin P. M. Laevens, Nicolas F. Martin, Edouard J. Bernard +17

We present the discovery of three new Milky Way satellites from our search for compact stellar overdensities in the photometric catalog of the Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid…

astro-ph.GA2015★ 145 cited

A New Faint Milky Way Satellite Discovered in the Pan-STARRS1 3 pi Survey

Benjamin P. M. Laevens, Nicolas F. Martin, Rodrigo A. Ibata +21

We present the discovery of a faint Milky Way satellite, Laevens 2/Triangulum II, found in the Panoramic Survey Telescope And Rapid Response System (Pan-STARRS 1) 3 pi imaging data…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 104 cited

A new distant Milky Way globular cluster in the Pan-STARRS1 3π survey

Benjamin P. M. Laevens, Nicolas F. Martin, Branimir Sesar +20

We present a new satellite in the outer halo of the Galaxy, the first Milky Way satellite found in the stacked photometric catalog of the Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Respo…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 51 cited

Perseus I: A distant satellite dwarf galaxy of Andromeda

Nicolas F. Martin, Edward F. Schlafly, Colin T. Slater +19

We present the discovery of a new dwarf galaxy, Perseus I/Andromeda XXXIII, found in the vicinity of Andromeda (M31) in stacked imaging data from the Pan-STARRS1 3π survey. Located…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 93 cited

Lacerta I and Cassiopeia III: Two luminous and distant Andromeda satellite dwarf galaxies found in the 3π Pan-STARRS1 survey

Nicolas F. Martin, Colin T. Slater, Edward F. Schlafly +17

We report the discovery of two new dwarf galaxies, Lacerta I/Andromeda XXXI (Lac I/And XXXI) and Cassiopeia III/Andromeda XXXII (Cas III/And XXXII), in stacked Pan-STARRS1 r_P1- an…