SEAMLESS Survey: Four Faint Dwarf Galaxies Tracing Low-Mass Galaxy Evolution Across Environments

Fuente: arXiv
Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Fielder, Catherine E., Jones, Michael G., Sand, David J., Crnojevic, Denija, Mutlu-Pakdil, Burcin, Bennet, Paul, Doliva-Dolinsky, Amandine, Donnerstein, Richard, Hunter, Laura Congreve, Karunakaran, Ananthan, Khim, Donghyeon J., Prabhu, Deepthi S., Spekkens, Kristine, Zaritsky, Dennis
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
Subjects:
Online Access:
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1866917117726556160
author Fielder, Catherine E.
Jones, Michael G.
Sand, David J.
Crnojevic, Denija
Mutlu-Pakdil, Burcin
Bennet, Paul
Doliva-Dolinsky, Amandine
Donnerstein, Richard
Hunter, Laura Congreve
Karunakaran, Ananthan
Khim, Donghyeon J.
Prabhu, Deepthi S.
Spekkens, Kristine
Zaritsky, Dennis
author_facet Fielder, Catherine E.
Jones, Michael G.
Sand, David J.
Crnojevic, Denija
Mutlu-Pakdil, Burcin
Bennet, Paul
Doliva-Dolinsky, Amandine
Donnerstein, Richard
Hunter, Laura Congreve
Karunakaran, Ananthan
Khim, Donghyeon J.
Prabhu, Deepthi S.
Spekkens, Kristine
Zaritsky, Dennis
contents We report on four Local Volume dwarf galaxies identified through our ongoing SEmi-Automated Machine LEarning Search for Semi-resolved galaxies (SEAMLESS): Hydrus A, LEDA 486718, Cetus B, and Sculptor 26, with the discovery of Hydrus A reported here for the first time. These four galaxies span a wide range of environments and evolutionary states. Hydrus A (MV = -9.39+/-0.20, D = 3.38-0.30+0.32 Mpc) and LEDA 486718 (MV = -11.62+/-0.08, D = 4.80+/-0.17 Mpc) are among the most isolated dwarfs known within 5 Mpc, while Cetus B (MV = -8.26+/-0.17, D = 3.32-0.23+0.25 Mpc) and Sculptor 26 (MV = -11.25+/-0.10, D =3.21+/-0.13 Mpc) lie < 2 Rvir of NGC 253. Hydrus A shows properties consistent with quenching driven by cosmic reionization, cosmic-web interactions, or internal feedback. LEDA 486718 is an isolated star forming dwarf. Cetus B appears quenched and morphologically disturbed, making it a low-mass satellite or backsplash candidate, while Sculptor 26 is red and seemingly gas-poor but displays signs of recent activity, consistent with a transitional evolutionary state. Together, these systems demonstrate the power of SEAMLESS for building a census of faint galaxies beyond the Local Group.
format Preprint
id arxiv_https___arxiv_org_abs_2512_02118
institution arXiv
publishDate 2025
record_format arxiv
spellingShingle SEAMLESS Survey: Four Faint Dwarf Galaxies Tracing Low-Mass Galaxy Evolution Across Environments
Fielder, Catherine E.
Jones, Michael G.
Sand, David J.
Crnojevic, Denija
Mutlu-Pakdil, Burcin
Bennet, Paul
Doliva-Dolinsky, Amandine
Donnerstein, Richard
Hunter, Laura Congreve
Karunakaran, Ananthan
Khim, Donghyeon J.
Prabhu, Deepthi S.
Spekkens, Kristine
Zaritsky, Dennis
Astrophysics of Galaxies
We report on four Local Volume dwarf galaxies identified through our ongoing SEmi-Automated Machine LEarning Search for Semi-resolved galaxies (SEAMLESS): Hydrus A, LEDA 486718, Cetus B, and Sculptor 26, with the discovery of Hydrus A reported here for the first time. These four galaxies span a wide range of environments and evolutionary states. Hydrus A (MV = -9.39+/-0.20, D = 3.38-0.30+0.32 Mpc) and LEDA 486718 (MV = -11.62+/-0.08, D = 4.80+/-0.17 Mpc) are among the most isolated dwarfs known within 5 Mpc, while Cetus B (MV = -8.26+/-0.17, D = 3.32-0.23+0.25 Mpc) and Sculptor 26 (MV = -11.25+/-0.10, D =3.21+/-0.13 Mpc) lie < 2 Rvir of NGC 253. Hydrus A shows properties consistent with quenching driven by cosmic reionization, cosmic-web interactions, or internal feedback. LEDA 486718 is an isolated star forming dwarf. Cetus B appears quenched and morphologically disturbed, making it a low-mass satellite or backsplash candidate, while Sculptor 26 is red and seemingly gas-poor but displays signs of recent activity, consistent with a transitional evolutionary state. Together, these systems demonstrate the power of SEAMLESS for building a census of faint galaxies beyond the Local Group.
title SEAMLESS Survey: Four Faint Dwarf Galaxies Tracing Low-Mass Galaxy Evolution Across Environments
topic Astrophysics of Galaxies
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.02118