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Panoramic Imaging Survey of Centaurus and Sculptor

(PISCeS)
(survey of extended halos of two nearby galaxies)

The Panoramic Imaging Survey of Centaurus and Sculptor (PISCeS) is a survey of the extended halos of two galaxies, Centaurus A and the Sculptor Galaxy, e.g., to observe and identify new satellite galaxies, stellar streams, and globular clusters. Observations were carried out 2015-2017. Among the discoveries were ultra-faint dwarf galaxies.


(survey,stars)
Further reading:
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016IAUS..317...21C/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2019ApJ...872...80C/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2021ApJ...914...16H/abstract

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