The Next Generation Virgo Cluster Survey (NGVS). XXXVI. Caught in the Act of Transformation: Morphological Decomposition and Classification of Ultracompact Dwarf Galaxies in the Virgo Cluster

Kaixiang Wang, Eric W. Peng, Chengze Liu, Laura Ferrarese, Patrick Côté, J. Christopher Mihos, Matthew A. Taylor, John P. Blakeslee, Jean-Charles Cuillandre, Pierre-Alain Duc, Puragra Guhathakurta, Stephen Gwyn, Youkyung Ko, Ariane Lançon, Sungsoon Lim, Lauren A. MacArthur, Thomas Puzia, Joel Roediger, Laura V. Sales, Rubén Sánchez-Janssen, Chelsea Spengler, Elisa Toloba, Hong-Xin Zhang, Mingcheng Zhu

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DOI: 10.3847/1538-4365/ae5231
Published: 2026-07-01
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@article{allodium:10.3847/1538-4365/ae5231,
  title = {The Next Generation Virgo Cluster Survey (NGVS). XXXVI. Caught in the Act of Transformation: Morphological Decomposition and Classification of Ultracompact Dwarf Galaxies in the Virgo Cluster},
  author = {Kaixiang Wang and Eric W. Peng and Chengze Liu and Laura Ferrarese and Patrick Côté and J. Christopher Mihos and Matthew A. Taylor and John P. Blakeslee and Jean-Charles Cuillandre and Pierre-Alain Duc and Puragra Guhathakurta and Stephen Gwyn and Youkyung Ko and Ariane Lançon and Sungsoon Lim and Lauren A. MacArthur and Thomas Puzia and Joel Roediger and Laura V. Sales and Rubén Sánchez-Janssen and Chelsea Spengler and Elisa Toloba and Hong-Xin Zhang and Mingcheng Zhu},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series},
  doi = {10.3847/1538-4365/ae5231},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4365/ae5231}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - The Next Generation Virgo Cluster Survey (NGVS). XXXVI. Caught in the Act of Transformation: Morphological Decomposition and Classification of Ultracompact Dwarf Galaxies in the Virgo Cluster
AU  - Kaixiang Wang
AU  - Eric W. Peng
AU  - Chengze Liu
AU  - Laura Ferrarese
AU  - Patrick Côté
AU  - J. Christopher Mihos
AU  - Matthew A. Taylor
AU  - John P. Blakeslee
AU  - Jean-Charles Cuillandre
AU  - Pierre-Alain Duc
AU  - Puragra Guhathakurta
AU  - Stephen Gwyn
AU  - Youkyung Ko
AU  - Ariane Lançon
AU  - Sungsoon Lim
AU  - Lauren A. MacArthur
AU  - Thomas Puzia
AU  - Joel Roediger
AU  - Laura V. Sales
AU  - Rubén Sánchez-Janssen
AU  - Chelsea Spengler
AU  - Elisa Toloba
AU  - Hong-Xin Zhang
AU  - Mingcheng Zhu
PY  - 2026
JO  - The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
DO  - 10.3847/1538-4365/ae5231
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Wang, K., Peng, E. W., Liu, C., Ferrarese, L., Côté, P., Mihos, J. C., Taylor, M. A., Blakeslee, J. P., Cuillandre, J., Duc, P., Guhathakurta, P., Gwyn, S., Ko, Y., Lançon, A., Lim, S., MacArthur, L. A., Puzia, T., Roediger, J., Sales, L. V., Sánchez-Janssen, R., Spengler, C., Toloba, E., Zhang, H., & Zhu, M. (2026). The Next Generation Virgo Cluster Survey (NGVS). XXXVI. Caught in the Act of Transformation: Morphological Decomposition and Classification of Ultracompact Dwarf Galaxies in the Virgo Cluster. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4365/ae5231

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