AAS 197, January 2001
Session 79. Nearby Galaxies II
Display, Wednesday, January 10, 2001, 9:30am-7:00pm, Exhibit Hall

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[79.09] Preliminary Results of the Northern Dwarf Hunt

A. B. Whiting (U. S. Naval Academy), G. K. T. Hau (Pontifical University of Chile), M. Irwin (Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge)

Our survey for previously unknown Local Group dwarf galaxies, which found the new dwarfs Antlia and Cetus in the southern hemisphere, has been extended to the north using POSS-II plates. Here we report the results of our first follow-up observations of northern candidate objects.


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