Aashay Pai

A Deep Look at the Ultra-Faint Milky Way Satellite Virgo III with Rubin Observatory Data Preview 2

We analyze the ultra-faint Milky Way satellite Virgo III using data from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory Data Preview 2 (DP2). Virgo III was observed in the Rubin “Cosmic Treasure Chest” (M49) First Look field, which contains 924 visits in the u,g,r,i bands comprising ~10.5hrs of e...