Discovery of an Unusual Dwarf Galaxy in the Outskirts of the Milky Way

We announce the discovery of a new dwarf galaxy, Leo T, in the Local Group. It was found as a stellar overdensity in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 5 (SDSS DR5). The color-magnitude diagram of Leo T shows two well-defined features, which we interpret as a red giant branch and a sequence o...

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Published in:	The Astrophysical journal 2007-02, Vol.656 (1), p.L13-L16
Main Authors:	Irwin, M. J, Belokurov, V, Evans, N. W, Ryan-Weber, E. V, de Jong, J. T. A, Koposov, S, Zucker, D. B, Hodgkin, S. T, Gilmore, G, Prema, P, Hebb, L, Begum, A, Fellhauer, M, Hewett, P. C, Kennicutt, Jr., R. C, Wilkinson, M. I, Bramich, D. M, Vidrih, S, Rix, H.-W, Beers, T. C, Barentine, J. C, Brewington, H, Harvanek, M, Krzesinski, J, Long, D, Nitta, A, Snedden, S. A
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Language:	English
Subjects:	Astronomy Earth, ocean, space Exact sciences and technology
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