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MMT Extremely Metal-Poor Galaxy Survey. I. An Efficient Technique to Identify Metal-Poor Galaxies

  • Authors: Warren R. Brown, Lisa J. Kewley, and Margaret J. Geller

BROWN, KEWLEY, & GELLER 2008 The Astronomical Journal 135 92.

  • Provider: AAS Journals

Caption: Figure 3.

MMT spectra of our four new XMPGs. [ ] 4363 is well detected in all four objects (see insets). The extremely weak [N ii] and [S ii] lines visibly indicate the extremely low abundance of these objects. The thumbnail images, courtesy of SDSS, are 48'' on a side, and show that all four XMPGs appear to be compact dwarfs.

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