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QSOs behind the nearest Milky Way satellite galaxies

Author(s) -

C. G. Tinney,

G. S. Da Costa,

H. Zinnecker

Publication year - 1997

Publication title -

monthly notices of the royal astronomical society

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.058

H-Index - 383

eISSN - 1365-8711

pISSN - 0035-8711

DOI - 10.1093/mnras/285.1.111

Subject(s) - physics , qsos , astronomy , astrophysics , milky way , dwarf galaxy , galaxy , rosat , satellite galaxy , dwarf spheroidal galaxy , quasar , interacting galaxy

We present the first sample of quasi-stellar objects (QSOs) behind the southern satellite galaxies of the Milky Way. These objects were sought for use as unresolved, inertial reference objects in proper motion studies of the Fornax, Carina and Sculptor dwarf spheroidal galaxies and the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC). At least four new QSOs are presented behind each of the dwarf spheroidal galaxies a...

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