Revisiting the enigmatic sixth star cluster in the Fornax dwarf spheroidal galaxy

arXiv:2608.27270 · astro-ph.GA · Submitted 2026-08-27 · Read on arXiv

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Submitted: 2026-08-27

Updated: 2026-08-27

Terminology

• Metallicity — 45× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Velocity Dispersion — 12× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Calibration — 5× in this paper · explained in 7 episodes
• Accuracy — 3× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Bayesian Framework — 3× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Hubble Space Telescope — 2× in this paper
• Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers — 2× in this paper
• Abundance — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Aperture — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Aperture Photometry — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Clustering — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Core — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Markov Chain Monte Carlo — 1× in this paper

Sources

• The MUSE second-generation VLT instrument
• The Hubble Missing Globular Clusters Survey IV. Ultra-faint compact satellites of the Milky Way. The case of Koposov 2
• A near field guide to Roman's wide-area surveys

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