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Target pixel files for WASP-18 (TIC 100100827) ...

Target pixel files for WASP-18 (TIC 100100827) during TESS observations created using tp...

Avinash S. Nediyedath et al, The Astronomical Journal 172 2

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Top panels: nested sampling posterior triangle ...

Top panels: nested sampling posterior triangle plots and posterior distributions using E...

Avinash S. Nediyedath et al, The Astronomical Journal 172 2

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Combined residuals using Exoplanet Watch, ETD, ...

Combined residuals using Exoplanet Watch, ETD, ExoClock, Literature (see Table 1), TESS ...

Avinash S. Nediyedath et al, The Astronomical Journal 172 2

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Posterior probability distributions for the WAS...

Posterior probability distributions for the WASP-18 b orbital solution derived from MCMC...

Avinash S. Nediyedath et al, The Astronomical Journal 172 2

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Top two rows: phase-folded best-fit model (gray...

Top two rows: phase-folded best-fit model (gray line) plotted against RV observations ac...

Avinash S. Nediyedath et al, The Astronomical Journal 172 2

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Top: Lomb–Scargle periodograms for the combined...

Top: Lomb–Scargle periodograms for the combined midtransit times (left) and the TESS-onl...

Avinash S. Nediyedath et al, The Astronomical Journal 172 2

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Top panel: Lomb–Scargle periodogram of the RV r...

Top panel: Lomb–Scargle periodogram of the RV residuals. There are multiple peaks above ...

Avinash S. Nediyedath et al, The Astronomical Journal 172 2

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Spatial distribution of 612 Virgo UCD candidate...

Spatial distribution of 612 Virgo UCD candidates described in C. Liu et al. (2020). Fill...

Kaixiang Wang et al, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 285 1

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Comparison of the spatial distribution of our e...

Comparison of the spatial distribution of our eUCD sample and strongly nucleated dE samp...

Kaixiang Wang et al, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 285 1

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Examples of Gemini North/GMOS spectra for two b...

Examples of Gemini North/GMOS spectra for two background galaxies that were selected as ...

Kaixiang Wang et al, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 285 1

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Examples of Gemini North/GMOS spectra for four ...

Examples of Gemini North/GMOS spectra for four bona fide eUCDs. The Gemini/GMOS flux-nor...

Kaixiang Wang et al, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 285 1

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Comparison of the surface brightness profiles a...

Comparison of the surface brightness profiles and model fits for NGVS ﹩{g}^{{\prime} }﹩-...

Kaixiang Wang et al, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 285 1

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Comparison between single King, single Sérsic, ...

Comparison between single King, single Sérsic, and King+Sérsic model fitting of a certai...

Kaixiang Wang et al, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 285 1

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Comparison of the surface brightness profiles a...

Comparison of the surface brightness profiles and model fits for NGVS ﹩{g}^{{\prime} }﹩-...

Kaixiang Wang et al, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 285 1

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Comparison of the surface brightness profiles a...

Comparison of the surface brightness profiles and model fits for NGVS ﹩{g}^{{\prime} }﹩-...

Kaixiang Wang et al, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 285 1

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Comparison between single King, single Sérsic, ...

Comparison between single King, single Sérsic, and King+Sérsic model fitting of a probab...

Kaixiang Wang et al, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 285 1

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Comparison between single King, single Sérsic, ...

Comparison between single King, single Sérsic, and King+Sérsic model fitting of a possib...

Kaixiang Wang et al, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 285 1

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Spatial distribution of compact stellar systems...

Spatial distribution of compact stellar systems in the Virgo Cluster. Filled yellow circ...

Kaixiang Wang et al, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 285 1

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The distribution of UCD half-light radius rh wi...

The distribution of UCD half-light radius rh with envelope parameter Δenv ≡ g16–g32. Fil...

Kaixiang Wang et al, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 285 1

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Total magnitude vs. the nuclear luminosity frac...

Total magnitude vs. the nuclear luminosity fraction (fnuc) for UCDs and nucleated dEs in...

Kaixiang Wang et al, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 285 1

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2D decompositions for certain eUCDs. First colu...

2D decompositions for certain eUCDs. First column: radial surface brightness profile of ...

Kaixiang Wang et al, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 285 1

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Cumulative distributions for the projected dist...

Cumulative distributions for the projected distance from M87 (DM87) of UCDs (orange line...

Kaixiang Wang et al, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 285 1

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NGVS ﹩{u}^{* }g^{\prime} i^{\prime} ﹩ color com...

NGVS ﹩{u}^{* }g^{\prime} i^{\prime} ﹩ color composite images of 51 strongly nucleated dE...

Kaixiang Wang et al, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 285 1

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2D decompositions for certain eUCDs.

2D decompositions for certain eUCDs.

Kaixiang Wang et al, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 285 1

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2D decompositions for certain eUCDs.

2D decompositions for certain eUCDs.

Kaixiang Wang et al, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 285 1

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