Journal article
An ultra-compact dwarf around the Sombrero galaxy (M104): the nearest massive UCD
Abstract
Abstract We report the discovery of an ultra-compact dwarf (UCD) associated with the Sombrero galaxy (M104). This is the closest massive UCD known and the first spectroscopically verified massive UCD which is located in a low-density environment. The object, we name SUCD1, was identified in Hubble Space Telescope (HST)/Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) imaging and confirmed to be associated with the Sombrero galaxy by its recession velocity …
Authors
Hau GKT; Spitler LR; Forbes DA; Proctor RN; Strader J; Mendel JT; Brodie JP; Harris WE
Journal
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, Vol. 394, No. 1, pp. l97–l101
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Publication Date
March 1, 2009
DOI
10.1111/j.1745-3933.2009.00618.x
ISSN
1745-3925