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Probing Stellar Populations in the Outskirts of NGC4244

Abstract

We are using Subaru/Suprime-Cam to survey the luminous resolved stellar populations in the outskirts of galaxies lying beyond the Local Group. We report here on first results from our analysis of the low mass edge-on galaxy, NGC 4244, lying at 4.4 Mpc. Red giant branch stars are clearly resolved in the outer disk and extraplanar regions and our preliminary stellar density maps suggest the presence of an extended and asymmetric stellar component reaching significant distances above the disk plan

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