M. Hilker
European Southern Observatory
45 Papers
250 Citations
M. Hilker is an academic researcher from European Southern Observatory. The author has contributed to research in topics: Galaxy & Dwarf galaxy. The author has an hindex of 16, co-authored 45 publications.
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Papers
The Fornax Deep Survey with VST. III. Low surface brightness dwarfs and ultra diffuse galaxies in the center of the Fornax cluster
Aku Venhola,Aku Venhola,Reynier Peletier,Eija Laurikainen,Heikki Salo,Thorsten Lisker,Enrichetta Iodice,Massimo Capaccioli,Gijs Verdois Kleijn,Edwin A. Valentijn,Steffen Mieske,M. Hilker,Carolin Wittmann,Glenn van de Ven,A. Grado,Marilena Spavone,Michele Cantiello,Nicola R. Napolitano,Maurizio Paolillo,Maurizio Paolillo,Jesús Falcón-Barroso,Jesús Falcón-Barroso +21 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a 2D Sersic model fitting with GALFIT was used to identify low surface brightness (LSB) galaxies in the Fornax Deep Survey (FDS) images.
The Next Generation Fornax Survey (NGFS): II. The Central Dwarf Galaxy Population
Paul Eigenthaler,Paul Eigenthaler,Thomas H. Puzia,Matthew A. Taylor,Yasna Ordenes-Briceño,Yasna Ordenes-Briceño,Roberto Munoz,Karen X. Ribbeck,Karla Alamo-Martínez,Hong-Xin Zhang,Simón Ángel,Massimo Capaccioli,Patrick Côté,Laura Ferrarese,Gaspar Galaz,Eva K. Grebel,Maren Hempel,M. Hilker,Ariane Lançon,Steffen Mieske,Bryan W. Miller,Maurizio Paolillo,Mathieu Powalka,Tom Richtler,Joel Roediger,Yu Rong,Yu Rong,Rubén Sánchez-Janssen,Chelsea Spengler +28 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a photometric study of the dwarf galaxy population in the core region of the Fornax galaxy cluster based on deep $u'g'i'$ photometry.
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The Fornax Deep Survey (FDS) with VST - VI. Optical properties of the dwarf galaxies in the Fornax cluster
Aku Venhola,Aku Venhola,Reynier Peletier,Eija Laurikainen,Heikki Salo,Enrichetta Iodice,Steffen Mieske,M. Hilker,Carolin Wittmann,Maurizio Paolillo,Maurizio Paolillo,Michele Cantiello,Joachim Janz,Joachim Janz,Marilena Spavone,Raffaele D'Abrusco,Glenn van de Ven,Nicola R. Napolitano,Gijs Verdoes Kleijn,Massimo Capaccioli,Aniello Grado,Edwin A. Valentijn,Jesús Falcón-Barroso,Jesús Falcón-Barroso,Luca Limatola +24 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors used the Fornax Deep Survey Dwarf galaxy Catalog (FDSDC) to study how the number density of galaxies, galaxy colors and structure change as a function of the cluster-centric distance, used as a proxy for the galactic environment and infall time.
The Next Generation Fornax Survey (NGFS). III. Revealing the Spatial Substructure of the Dwarf Galaxy Population Inside Half of Fornax's Virial Radius
Yasna Ordenes-Briceño,Yasna Ordenes-Briceño,Paul Eigenthaler,Paul Eigenthaler,Matthew A. Taylor,Thomas H. Puzia,Karla Alamo-Martínez,Karen X. Ribbeck,Roberto Munoz,Hong-Xin Zhang,Hong-Xin Zhang,Eva K. Grebel,Simón Ángel,Patrick Côté,Laura Ferrarese,M. Hilker,Ariane Lançon,Steffen Mieske,Bryan W. Miller,Yu Rong,Yu Rong,Rubén Sánchez-Janssen +21 more
TL;DR: In this article, the discovery of 271 previously undetected dwarf galaxies in the outer Fornax cluster regions at radii $r_{\rm vir}/4<\!r\!
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The Next Generation Fornax Survey (NGFS): IV. Mass and Age Bimodality of Nuclear Clusters in the Fornax Core Region
Yasna Ordenes-Briceño,Yasna Ordenes-Briceño,Thomas H. Puzia,Paul Eigenthaler,Matthew A. Taylor,Roberto Munoz,Hong-Xin Zhang,Karla Alamo-Martínez,Karen X. Ribbeck,Eva K. Grebel,Simón Ángel,Patrick Côté,Laura Ferrarese,M. Hilker,Ariane Lançon,Steffen Mieske,Bryan W. Miller,Yu Rong,Rubén Sánchez-Janssen +18 more
TL;DR: The analysis of 61 nucleated dwarfs in the central regions of the Fornax galaxy cluster is presented in this paper, where the surface brightness profile of the spheroid component and the nucleus using PSF is analyzed.
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