A New Milky Way Dwarf Satellite in Canes Venatici

B. Zucker, D.; Belokurov, Vasily; W. Evans, N.; I. Wilkinson, M.; J. Irwin, M.; Sivarani, T.; T. Hodgkin, S.; M. Bramich, D.; Irwin, Jonathan; Gilmore, G.; Willman, Beth; Vidrih, S.; Fellhauer, M.; C. Hewett, P.; C. Beers, Timothy; F. Bell, Eric; K. Grebel, E.; P. Schneider, Donald; Jo Newberg, Heidi; F. Ġ. Wyse, Rosemary; M. Rockosi, Constance; Yanny, B.; H. Lupton, Robert; A. Smith, J.; C. Barentine, John; Brewington, H.; Brinkmann, J.; Harvanek, Michael; J. Kleinman, S.; Krzesiński, J.; C. Long, Daniel; Nitta, A.; Snedden, S.

doi:10.1086/505216

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A New Milky Way Dwarf Satellite in Canes Venatici

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Authors:

D. B. Zucker

Vasily Belokurov

N. W. Evans

Abstract

In this Letter, we announce the discovery of a new dwarf satellite of the Milky Way, located in the constellation Canes Venatici. It was found as a stellar overdensity in the North Galactic Cap using Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 5 (SDSS DR5). The satellite's color-magnitude diagram shows a ...

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Milky Way

Sky

Red-giant branch

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