An Ultra diffuse Galaxy in the NGC 5846 group from the VEGAS survey. (arXiv:1905.06415v1 [astro-ph.GA])

An Ultra diffuse Galaxy in the NGC 5846 group from the VEGAS survey. (arXiv:1905.06415v1 [astro-ph.GA])
<a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Forbes_D/0/1/0/all/0/1">Duncan A. Forbes</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Gannon_J/0/1/0/all/0/1">Jonah Gannon</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Couch_W/0/1/0/all/0/1">Warrick J Couch</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Iodice_E/0/1/0/all/0/1">Enrichetta Iodice</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Spavone_M/0/1/0/all/0/1">Marilena Spavone</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Cantiello_M/0/1/0/all/0/1">Michele Cantiello</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Napolitano_N/0/1/0/all/0/1">Nicola Napolitano</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Schipani_P/0/1/0/all/0/1">Pietro Schipani</a>

Many ultra diffuse galaxies (UDGs) have now been identified in clusters of
galaxies. However, the number of nearby UDGs suitable for detailed follow-up
remain rare. Our aim is to begin to identify UDGs in the environments of nearby
bright early-type galaxies from the VEGAS survey. Here we use a deep g band
image of the NGC 5846 group, taken as part of the VEGAS survey, to search for
UDGs. We found one object with properties of a UDG if it associated with the
NGC 5846 group, which seems likely. The galaxy, we name NGC 5846$_$UDG1, has
an absolute magnitude of M$_g$ = -14.2, corresponding to a stellar mass of
$sim$10$^8$ M$_{odot}$. It also reveals a system of compact sources which are
likely globular clusters. Based on the number of globular clusters detected we
estimate a halo mass that is greater than 8$times$10$^{10}$ M$_{odot}$ for
UDG1.

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