{"paper":{"title":"Discovery of diffuse dwarf galaxy candidates around M101","license":"http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/","headline":"","cross_cats":[],"primary_cat":"astro-ph.GA","authors_text":"2), (2) University of Arizona, (3) Royal Military College of Canada), A. Karunakaran (3) ((1) Texas Tech University, D. Crnojevi\\'c (1), D. J. Sand (1, D. Zaritsky (2), K. Spekkens (3), P. Bennet (1)","submitted_at":"2017-10-04T18:00:00Z","abstract_excerpt":"We have conducted a search of a 9 deg$^{2}$ region of the CFHTLS around the Milky Way analog M101 (D$\\sim$7 Mpc), in order to look for previously unknown low surface brightness galaxies. This search has uncovered 38 new low surface brightness dwarf candidates, and confirmed 11 previously reported galaxies, all with central surface brightness $\\mu$(g,0)$>$23mag/arcsec$^{2}$, potentially extending the satellite luminosity function for the M101 group by $\\sim$1.2 magnitudes. The search was conducted using an algorithm that nearly automates the detection of diffuse dwarf galaxies. The candidates s"},"claims":{"count":0,"items":[],"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"source":{"id":"1710.01728","kind":"arxiv","version":1},"verdict":{"id":null,"model_set":{},"created_at":null,"strongest_claim":"","one_line_summary":"","pipeline_version":null,"weakest_assumption":"","pith_extraction_headline":""},"references":{"count":0,"sample":[],"resolved_work":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57","internal_anchors":0},"formal_canon":{"evidence_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"author_claims":{"count":0,"strong_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"builder_version":"pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1"}