Search Results - "Irwin, M. J"

The VISTA ZYJHKs photometric system: calibration from 2MASS by González-Fernández, C, Hodgkin, S T, Irwin, M J, González-Solares, E, Koposov, S E, Lewis, J R, Emerson, J P, Hewett, P C, Yoldaş, A K, Riello, M

“…Abstract In this paper, we describe the routine photometric calibration of data taken with the VISTA infrared camera (VIRCAM) instrument on the ESO Visible and…”
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A Faint New Milky Way Satellite in Bootes by Belokurov, V, Zucker, D. B, Evans, N. W, Wilkinson, M. I, Irwin, M. J, Hodgkin, S, Bramich, D. M, Irwin, J. M, Gilmore, G, Willman, B, Vidrih, S, Newberg, H. J, Wyse, R. F. G, Fellhauer, M, Hewett, P. C, Cole, N, Bell, E. F, Beers, T. C, Rockosi, C. M, Yanny, B, Grebel, E. K, Schneider, D. P, Lupton, R, Barentine, J. C, Brewington, H, Brinkmann, J, Harvanek, M, Kleinman, S. J, Krzesinski, J, Long, D, Nitta, A, Smith, J. A, Snedden, S. A

“…We announce the discovery of a new satellite of the Milky Way in the constellation of Bootes at a distance of 660 kpc. It was found in a systematic search for…”
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The UKIRT wide field camera ZYJHK photometric system: calibration from 2MASS by Hodgkin, S. T., Irwin, M. J., Hewett, P. C., Warren, S. J.

“…In this paper, we describe the photometric calibration of data taken with the near-infrared Wide Field Camera (WFCAM) on the United Kingdom Infrared Telescope…”
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The UKIRT Infrared Deep Sky Survey (UKIDSS) by Lawrence, A., Warren, S. J., Almaini, O., Edge, A. C., Hambly, N. C., Jameson, R. F., Lucas, P., Casali, M., Adamson, A., Dye, S., Emerson, J. P., Foucaud, S., Hewett, P., Hirst, P., Hodgkin, S. T., Irwin, M. J., Lodieu, N., McMahon, R. G., Simpson, C., Smail, I., Mortlock, D., Folger, M.

“…We describe the goals, design, implementation, and initial progress of the UKIRT Infrared Deep Sky Survey (UKIDSS), a seven-year sky survey which began in 2005…”
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Precise time series photometry for the Kepler-2.0 mission by Aigrain, S, Hodgkin, S T, Irwin, M J, Lewis, J R, Roberts, S J

“…The recently approved NASA K2 mission has the potential to multiply by an order of magnitude the number of short-period transiting planets found by Kepler…”
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Kinematics of SDSS subdwarfs: structure and substructure of the Milky Way halo by Smith, M. C., Evans, N. W., Belokurov, V., Hewett, P. C., Bramich, D. M., Gilmore, G., Irwin, M. J., Vidrih, S., Zucker, D. B.

“…We construct a new sample of ∼1700 solar neighbourhood halo subdwarfs from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), selected using a reduced proper-motion diagram…”
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Cats and Dogs, Hair and a Hero: A Quintet of New Milky Way Companions by Belokurov, V, Zucker, D. B, Evans, N. W, Kleyna, J. T, Koposov, S, Hodgkin, S. T, Irwin, M. J, Gilmore, G, Wilkinson, M. I, Fellhauer, M, Bramich, D. M, Hewett, P. C, Vidrih, S, De Jong, J. T. A, Smith, J. A, Rix, H.-W, Bell, E. F, Wyse, R. F. G, Newberg, H. J, Mayeur, P. A, Yanny, B, Rockosi, C. M, Gnedin, O. Y, Schneider, D. P, Beers, T. C, Barentine, J. C, Brewington, H, Brinkmann, J, Harvanek, M, Kleinman, S. J, Krzesinski, J, Long, D, Nitta, A, Snedden, S. A

“…We present five new satellites of the Milky Way discovered in Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) imaging data, four of which were followed up with either the…”
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ATLAS lifts the Cup: discovery of a new Milky Way satellite in Crater by Belokurov, V., Irwin, M. J., Koposov, S. E., Evans, N. W., Gonzalez-Solares, E., Metcalfe, N., Shanks, T.

“…We announce the discovery of a new Galactic companion found in data from the ESO VST ATLAS survey, and followed up with deep imaging on the 4-m William…”
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The Field of Streams: Sagittarius and Its Siblings by Belokurov, V, Zucker, D. B, Evans, N. W, Gilmore, G, Vidrih, S, Bramich, D. M, Newberg, H. J, Wyse, R. F. G, Irwin, M. J, Fellhauer, M, Hewett, P. C, Walton, N. A, Wilkinson, M. I, Cole, N, Yanny, B, Rockosi, C. M, Beers, T. C, Bell, E. F, Brinkmann, J, Ivezić, Ž, Lupton, R

“…We use Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) Data Release 5 (DR5) u, g, r, i, z photometry to study Milky Way halo substructure in the area around the north Galactic…”
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The discovery of Segue 2: a prototype of the population of satellites of satellites by Belokurov, V., Walker, M. G., Evans, N. W., Gilmore, G., Irwin, M. J., Mateo, M., Mayer, L., Olszewski, E., Bechtold, J., Pickering, T.

“…We announce the discovery of a new Milky Way satellite Segue 2 found in the data of the Sloan Extension for Galactic Understanding and Exploration (SEGUE). We…”
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The Luminosity Function of the Milky Way Satellites by Koposov, S, Belokurov, V, Evans, N. W, Hewett, P. C, Irwin, M. J, Gilmore, G, Zucker, D. B, Rix, H.-W, Fellhauer, M, Bell, E. F, Glushkova, E. V

“…We quantify the detectability of stellar Milky Way satellites in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) Data Release 5. We show that the effective search volumes…”
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Substructure revealed by RR Lyraes in SDSS Stripe 82 by Watkins, L. L., Evans, N. W., Belokurov, V., Smith, M. C., Hewett, P. C., Bramich, D. M., Gilmore, G. F., Irwin, M. J., Vidrih, S., Wyrzykowski, Ł., Zucker, D. B.

“…We present an analysis of the substructure revealed by RR Lyraes in Sloan Digital Sky Survey Stripe 82, which covers in declination on the celestial equator…”
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Structural properties of the M31 dwarf spheroidal galaxies by McConnachie, A. W., Irwin, M. J.

“…The projected structures and integrated properties of the Andromeda I, II, III, V, VI, VII and Cetus dwarf spheroidal galaxies are analysed based upon resolved…”
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Distances and metallicities for 17 Local Group galaxies by McConnachie, A. W., Irwin, M. J., Ferguson, A. M. N., Ibata, R. A., Lewis, G. F., Tanvir, N.

“…We have obtained Johnson V and Gunn i photometry for a large number of Local Group galaxies using the Isaac Newton Telescope Wide Field Camera (INT WFC). The…”
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On the reported death of the MACHO era by Quinn, D. P., Wilkinson, M. I., Irwin, M. J., Marshall, J., Koch, A., Belokurov, V.

“…We present radial velocity measurements of four wide halo binary candidates from the sample in Chaname & Gould (CG04) which, to date, is the only sample…”
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First release of the IPHAS catalogue of new extended planetary nebulae by Sabin, L, Parker, Q A, Corradi, R L M, Guzman-Ramirez, L, Morris, R A H, Zijlstra, A A, Bojicic, I S, Frew, D J, Guerrero, M, Stupar, M, Barlow, M J, Mora, F Cortes, Drew, J, Greimel, R, Groot, P, Irwin, J M, Irwin, M J, Mampaso, A, Miszalski, B, Olguin, L, Phillipps, S, Garcia, M Santander, Viironen, K, Wright, N J

“…We present the first results of our search for new, extended planetary nebulae (PNe) based on careful, systematic, visual scrutiny of the imaging data from the…”
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Leo V: A Companion of a Companion of the Milky Way Galaxy? by Belokurov, V, Walker, M. G, Evans, N. W, Faria, D. C, Gilmore, G, Irwin, M. J, Koposov, S, Mateo, M, Olszewski, E, Zucker, D. B

“…We report the discovery of a new Milky Way satellite in the constellation Leo, identified in data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. It lies at a distance of…”
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THE THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE M31 SATELLITE SYSTEM; STRONG EVIDENCE FOR AN INHOMOGENEOUS DISTRIBUTION OF SATELLITES by Conn, A R, Lewis, G F, Ibata, R A, Parker, Q A, Zucker, D B, McConnachie, A W, Martin, N F, VALLS-GABAUD, D, Tanvir, N, Irwin, M J, Ferguson, A M N, Chapman, S C

“…We undertake an investigation into the spatial structure of the M31 satellite system utilizing the distance distributions presented in a previous publication…”
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A New Milky Way Dwarf Satellite in Canes Venatici by Zucker, D B, Belokurov, V, Evans, N W, Wilkinson, MI, Irwin, MJ, Sivarani, T, Hodgkin, S, Bramich, D M, Irwin, J M, Gilmore, G, Willman, B, Vidrih, S, Fellhauer, M, Hewett, P C

“…In this Letter, we announce the discovery of a new dwarf satellite of the Milky Way, located in the constellation Canes Venatici. It was found as a stellar…”
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A BAYESIAN APPROACH TO LOCATING THE RED GIANT BRANCH TIP MAGNITUDE. II. DISTANCES TO THE SATELLITES OF M31 by CONN, A. R, IBATA, R. A, FERGUSON, A. M. N, CHAPMAN, S. C, VALLS-GABAUD, D, LEWIS, G. F, PARKER, Q. A, ZUCKER, D. B, MARTIN, N. F, MCCONNACHIE, A. W, IRWIN, M. J, TANVIR, N, FARDAL, M. A

“…In "A Bayesian Approach to Locating the Red Giant Branch Tip Magnitude (Part I)," a new technique was introduced for obtaining distances using the tip of the…”
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