Triangulum II: a very metal-poor and dynamically hot stellar system

We present a study of the recently discovered compact stellar system Triangulum II. From observations conducted with the DEIMOS spectrograph on Keck II, we obtained spectra for 13 member stars that follow the CMD features of this very faint stellar system and include two bright red giant branch star...

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Main Authors: Martin, Nicolas F. (Author) , Koch-Hansen, Andreas (Author)
Format: Article (Journal) Chapter/Article
Language:English
Published: 2016
In: Arxiv

Online Access:Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: http://arxiv.org/abs/1510.04433
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Author Notes:Nicolas F. Martin, Rodrigo A. Ibata, Michelle L.M. Collins, R. Michael Rich, Eric F. Bell, Annette M.N. Ferguson, Benjamin P.M. Laevens, Hans-Walter Rix, Scott C. Chapman, Andreas Koch

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