Astrophysical: Tidal tails

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    A mechanism for removing dark matter from galaxies has been found
    The small fraction of dark matter in the galaxy NGC1052-DF4 has worried the astronomical community for several years. Now a team of researchers from the...
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    On the occurrence of tidal tails in the Carina dSph
    Wide field B,V photometry of the outer regions of the Carina dwarf spheroidal galaxy is presented. Six fields were observed to a distance from the centre up to...
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    Young, Blue, and Isolated Stellar Systems in the Virgo Cluster. I. 2D Optical Spectroscopy
    We use panoramic optical spectroscopy obtained with the Very Large Telescope/MUSE to investigate the nature of five candidate extremely isolated low-mass star...
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    Young, Blue, and Isolated Stellar Systems in the Virgo Cluster. II. A New Class of Stellar System
    We discuss five blue stellar systems in the direction of the Virgo cluster, analogous to the enigmatic object SECCO 1 (AGC 226067). These objects were...