The SAGA Survey. I. Satellite Galaxy Populations around Eight Milky Way Analogs

We present the survey strategy and early results of the "Satellites Around Galactic Analogs" (SAGA) Survey. The SAGA Survey's goal is to measure the distribution of satellite galaxies around 100 systems analogous to the Milky Way down to the luminosity of the Leo I dwarf galaxy ( ). W...

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Published in:	The Astrophysical journal Vol. 847; no. 1; pp. 4 - 24
Main Authors:	Geha, Marla, Wechsler, Risa H., Mao, Yao-Yuan, Tollerud, Erik J., Weiner, Benjamin, Bernstein, Rebecca, Hoyle, Ben, Marchi, Sebastian, Marshall, Phil J., Muñoz, Ricardo, Lu, Yu
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Philadelphia The American Astronomical Society 20-09-2017 IOP Publishing
Subjects:	Analogs Astrophysics ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY DISTRIBUTION Dwarf galaxies DWARF STARS Galaxies galaxies: dwarf galaxies: halos galaxies: luminosity function, mass function galaxies: structure Galaxy distribution Local Group LUMINOSITY MASS MILKY WAY Polls & surveys RED SHIFT SATELLITES Star formation Stars & galaxies
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