Faint dwarf galaxies in the Next Generation Virgo cluster Survey

Pierre-Alain Duc; Laura Ferrarese; Jean-Charles Cuillandre; Stephen Gwyn; Lauren A. MacArthur; Etienne Ferriere; Patrick Cote; Patrick Durrell

doi:10.1051/eas/1148077

Faint dwarf galaxies in the Next Generation Virgo cluster Survey

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics 2015-05-20 v1

Authors: Pierre-Alain Duc , Laura Ferrarese , Jean-Charles Cuillandre , Stephen Gwyn , Lauren A. MacArthur , Etienne Ferriere , Patrick Cote , Patrick Durrell

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Abstract

The Next Generation Virgo Cluster Survey (NGVS) is a CFHT Large Program that is using the wide field of view capabilities of the MegaCam camera to map the entire Virgo Cluster from its core to virial radius. The observing strategy has been optimized to detect very low surface brightness structures in the cluster, including intracluster stellar streams and faint dwarf spheroidal galaxies. We present here the current status of this ongoing survey, with an emphasis on the detection and analysis of the very low-mass galaxies in the cluster that have been revealed by the NGVS.

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@article{arxiv.1010.3513,
  title  = {Faint dwarf galaxies in the Next Generation Virgo cluster Survey},
  author = {Pierre-Alain Duc and Laura Ferrarese and Jean-Charles Cuillandre and Stephen Gwyn and Lauren A. MacArthur and Etienne Ferriere and Patrick Cote and Patrick Durrell},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1010.3513},
  year   = {2015}
}

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6 pages, 2 figures, Conference Proceedings: "A Universe of Dwarf Galaxies", 14-18 June 2010, Lyon, France

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