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Tracing the Outer Halo in a Giant Elliptical to 25 Reff

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Rejkuba, Marina
Harris, William
Greggio, L
Harris, Gretchen
Jerjen, Helmut
Gonzalez, Oscar A.

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Institute of Physics Publishing Ltd.

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We have used the Advanced Camera for Surveys and Wide Field Camera 3 cameras on board the Hubble Space Telescope to resolve stars in the halo of the nearest giant elliptical (gE) galaxy NGC 5128 out to a projected distance of 140 kpc (25 effective radii,

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Astrophysical Journal Letters

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2037-12-31