• Is that a galaxy-like star cluster? • Or a cluster-like dwarf galaxy? • byHillary Diane Andales| Feb 6, 2026 |Daily Paper Summaries|0 comments Title:Eridanus III and DELVE 1: Carbon-rich Primordial Star Clusters or the Smallest Dwarf Galaxies? • Hansen, William Cerny, Ivanna Escala, Sergey E. • Koposov, Alex Drlica-Wagner, Sidney Mau, Evan N. • Kirby First Author’s Institution:Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science, 813 Santa Barbara St., Pasadena, CA 91101, USA Status:Published in the Astrophysical Journal (2024 November 27) [openaccess] What is that Thing, anyway?

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  • Title: Eridanus III and DELVE 1: Carbon-rich Primordial Star Clusters or the Smallest Dwarf Galaxies? Authors: Joshua D. Simon, Ting S. Li, Alexander P. Ji, Andrew B. Pace, Terese T. Hansen, William Cerny, Ivanna Escala, Sergey E. Koposov, Alex Drlica-Wagner, Sidney Mau, Evan N. Kirby First Author’s Institution: Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science, 813 Santa Barbara St., Pasadena, CA 91101, USA Status: Published in the Astrophysical Journal (2024 November 27) [open access] What is that Thing, anyway? Imagine you’re an astronomer with access to the data of a powerful survey te

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