Andrew B. Pace

Rubin Observatory Reveals a Dust-shrouded Halo Globular Cluster in Ophiuchus

Abstract We present the discovery of the Milky Way satellite Rubin-GC1 (Rubin J1628−1735) using data from the NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s Early Data Preview 2. The system was discovered in the direction of the Galactic bulge with ( l , b ) ∼ (359°, 21°) in a region of hig...