Astrophysical: Local Group

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    The PAndAS View of the Andromeda Satellite System. IV. Global Properties
    We build a statistical framework to infer the global properties of the satellite system of the Andromeda galaxy (M31) from the properties of individual dwarf...
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    The Peripheries of Nearby Galaxies: Dim but not Dull
    Evidence is mounting for the presence of complex low surface brightness structures in the outer regions of galaxies. While the most spectacular examples are...
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    The Pristine dwarf galaxy survey - IV. Probing the outskirts of the dwarf galaxy Boötes I
    We present a new spectroscopic study of the dwarf galaxy Boötes I (Boo I) with data from the Anglo-Australian Telescope and its AAOmega spectrograph together...
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    The Pristine dwarf galaxy survey-V. The edges of the dwarf galaxy Hercules
    We present a new spectroscopic study of 175 stars in the vicinity of the dwarf galaxy Hercules (d ~ 132 kpc) with data from the Anglo-Australian Telescope and...
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    The Pristine Dwarf-Galaxy survey - II. In-depth observational study of the faint Milky Way satellite Sagittarius II
    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...
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    The pristine dwarf-galaxy survey - III. Revealing the nature of the Milky Way globular cluster Sagittarius II
    We present a new spectroscopic study of the faint Milky Way satellite Sagittarius II. Using multiobject spectroscopy from the Fibre Large Array Multi-Element...
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    The Pristine Inner Galaxy Survey (PIGS) - IV. A photometric metallicity analysis of the Sagittarius dwarf spheroidal galaxy
    We present a comprehensive metallicity analysis of the Sagittarius dwarf spheroidal galaxy (Sgr dSph) using Pristine CaHK photometry. We base our member...
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    The Pristine survey - III. Spectroscopic confirmation of an efficient search for extremely metal-poor stars
    The Pristine survey is a narrow-band, photometric survey focused around the wavelength region of the Ca II H&K absorption lines, designed to efficiently search...
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    The Pristine survey - VI. The first three years of medium-resolution follow-up spectroscopy of Pristine EMP star candidates
    We present the results of a 3-yr long, medium-resolution spectroscopic campaign aimed at identifying very metal-poor stars from candidates selected with the...