Milky Way satellite candidates

On sky distribution of all known Milky Way satellite candidates with respect to the Magellanic Clouds and the neutral hydrogen gas of the Magellanic stream. For more details we refer to Nidever et al. (2010). The three candidates discussed in this study are highlighted in cyan.

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International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA

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Release date:Feb. 19, 2018, 6:52 p.m.
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