A Ghost in Boötes: The Least-Luminous Disrupted Dwarf Galaxy
Work
Year: 2022
Type: article
Abstract: We report the discovery of Specter, a disrupted ultrafaint dwarf galaxy revealed by the H3 Spectroscopic Survey. We detected this structure via a pair of comoving metal-poor stars at a distance of 12... more
Source: The Astrophysical Journal
Institutions Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian, Carnegie Observatories, Carnegie Institution for Science, University of Arizona, Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics +2 more
Cites: 112
Cited by: 3
Related to: 10
FWCI: 0.322
Citation percentile (by year/subfield): 26.8
Subfield: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: gold
APC paid (est): $4,499
Funder National Science Foundation
Grant ID AST-1812461