The MAGIC survey provides photometric metallicities for RGB stars over ~3000 deg² using CaHK narrow-band imaging plus DELVE g,r,i data, recovering 13/14 known ultra-faint dwarfs and confirming a distant Reticulum II member.
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Deep imaging refines distances (52 kpc Gru II, 72 kpc Hor II), half-light radii, ellipticities, and absolute magnitudes for two ultra-faint dwarfs, with Gru II showing asymmetric clumpy morphology and a confirmed distant member.
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The DECam MAGIC Survey $-$ Mapping the Ancient Galaxy in CaHK: Overview and Summary of Early Science
The MAGIC survey provides photometric metallicities for RGB stars over ~3000 deg² using CaHK narrow-band imaging plus DELVE g,r,i data, recovering 13/14 known ultra-faint dwarfs and confirming a distant Reticulum II member.
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Deep Imaging of Grus II and Horologium II: Structure and Extent of Two Ultra-Faint Milky Way Satellites
Deep imaging refines distances (52 kpc Gru II, 72 kpc Hor II), half-light radii, ellipticities, and absolute magnitudes for two ultra-faint dwarfs, with Gru II showing asymmetric clumpy morphology and a confirmed distant member.