Detected Starry Tail (IMAGE)

National Institutes of Natural Sciences

Detected Starry Tail

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(Left) M81 Group survey footprint (white and red circles) overlaid on a Sloan Digital Sky Survey image. (Right) The spatial distribution of red giant branch stars at the same distance as F8D1 in the field delineated by the red circle in the left panel. The upper right image is a zoom in on the main body of the F8D1 galaxy.

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