The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society (천문학회보)

The Korean Astronomical Society (한국천문학회)
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Deep Wide-Field Imaging of Nearby Galaxies with KMTNet telescopes

  • Kim, Minjin (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute) ;
  • Ho, Luis C. (Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics) ;
  • Park, Byeong-Gon (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute) ;
  • Lee, Joon Hyeop (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute) ;
  • Seon, Kwang-Il (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute) ;
  • Jeong, Hyunjin (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute) ;
  • Kim, Sang Chul (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute)
  • Published : 2015.04.10
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Abstract

We will obtain deep wide-field images of the 150-200 nearby bright galaxies in the southern hemisphere, in order to explore the origin of faint extended features in the outer regions of target galaxies. Using KMTNet telescopes, we will take very deep images, spending ~ 4.5 hr for the B and R filters for each object. With this dataset, we will look for diffuse, low-surface brightness structures including outer disks, truncated disks, tidal features/stellar streams, and faint companions.

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