Bibcode
Zaritsky, Dennis; Golini, Giulia; Donnerstein, Richard; Trujillo, Ignacio; Akhlaghi, Mohammad; Chamba, Nushkia; D'Onofrio, Mauro; Eskandarlou, Sepideh; Hosseini-ShahiSavandi, S. Zahra; Infante-Sainz, Raúl; Martin, Garreth; Montes, Mireia; Román, Javier; Sedighi, Nafise; Sharbaf, Zahra
Referencia bibliográfica
The Astronomical Journal
Fecha de publicación:
8
2024
Número de citas
2
Número de citas referidas
0
Descripción
We present an overview of the LBT Imaging of Galactic Halos and Tidal Structures survey, which currently includes 25 nearby galaxies that are on average ∼1 mag fainter than the Milky Way, and a catalog of 54 low central surface brightness (24 < μ 0,g /mag arcsec‑2 < 28) satellite galaxy candidates, most of which were previously uncatalogued. The depth of the imaging exceeds the full 10 yr depth of the Rubin Observatory's Legacy Survey of Space and Time. We find, after applying completeness corrections, rising numbers of candidate satellites as we approach the limiting luminosity (M r ∼ ‑8 mag) and central surface brightness (μ 0,g ∼ 28 mag arcsec‑2). Over the parameter range we explore, each host galaxy (excluding those that are in overdense regions, apparently groups) has nearly four such candidate satellites to a projected radius of ∼100 kpc. These objects are mostly just at or beyond the reach of spectroscopy unless they are H I rich or have ongoing star formation. We identify three, possibly four, ultra-diffuse satellite galaxies (effective radius >1.5 kpc). This incidence rate falls within expectations of the extrapolation of the published relationship between the number of ultra-diffuse satellite galaxies and host halo mass. Last, we visually identify 12 candidate satellites that host a nuclear star cluster (NSC). The NSC occupation fraction for the sample (12/54) matches that published for satellites of early-type galaxies, suggesting that the parent's morphological type plays at most a limited role in determining the NSC occupation fraction.
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