What do galaxies look like beyond 31 mag/arcsec2?

Cebrián, M.; Trujillo, I.; Fliri, J.
Bibliographical reference

Formation and Evolution of Galaxy Outskirts, Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, IAU Symposium, Volume 321, pp. 274-274

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2017
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3
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3
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Detection of optical surface brightness structures with magnitudes fainter than 30 mag/arcsec2 has remained elusive in current photometric deep surveys. We are conducting a new imaging strategy to cross that frontier and address the study of outskirts of galaxies and theories of galaxy formation.