Stellar Tidal Streams in Spiral Galaxies of the Local Volume

A Pilot Survey with Modest Aperture Telescopes





Tidal Stream Pilot Survey Galaxies



The following chart displays a complete list of survey targets in the pilot study, the observatory, telescope aperture, the total exposure time through a clear luminance filter and the apparent field of view:



 Galaxy  Facility  Aperture (meters)  Exp. time (L)  FOV (arcmin) 
NGC 1055 RdS0.51-m 400 13 X 9
NGC 1084 BBO0.51-m 825 15 X 10
NGC 3521 BBO0.51-m 495 21 X 16
NGC 4216 RdS0.51-m 1105 28 X 27
NGC 4651 BBO0.51-m 585 14 X 9
NGC 5055 NMS0.16-m 790 37 X 27
NGC 5866 BBO0.51-m 315 9 X 7
NGC 7531 Mrk0.37-m 600 14 X 10


Facilities;
NMS- New Mexico Skies, Mayhill, New Mexico, USA
BBO- Blackbird Observatory, Mayhill, New Mexico, USA
RdS- Rancho Del Sol Observatory, Camino, California, USA
Mrk- Moorook Remote Observatory, Moorook, South Australia    


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