The Exploration of Local VolumE Satellites (ELVES) Survey: A Nearly Volume-Limited Sample of Nearby Dwarf Satellite Systems
Scott G. Carlsten, Jenny E. Greene, Rachael L. Beaton, Shany Danieli,, and Johnny P. Greco

TL;DR
The ELVES survey provides a comprehensive, volume-limited catalog of dwarf satellites around Milky Way-like galaxies within 12 Mpc, revealing correlations between satellite abundance, host mass, and quenching fractions.
Contribution
This study offers the first large, nearly complete, volume-limited sample of dwarf satellites around MW-like hosts, with consistent detection and measurement methods.
Findings
Satellite abundance correlates with host mass.
Quenched fraction increases with decreasing satellite mass.
Catalogs are complete to M_V~-9 mag and μ_0,V~26.5 mag arcsec$^{-2}$.
Abstract
We present the final results of the Exploration of Local VolumE Satellites (ELVES) Survey, a survey of the dwarf satellites of a nearly volume-limited sample of Milky Way (MW)-like hosts in the Local Volume. Hosts are selected simply via a cut in luminosity ( mag) and distance ( Mpc). We have cataloged the satellites of 25 of the 31 such hosts, with another five taken from the literature. All hosts are surveyed out to at least 150 projected kpc () with the majority surveyed to 300 kpc (). Satellites are detected using a consistent semi-automated algorithm specialized for low surface brightness dwarfs. As shown through extensive tests with injected galaxies, the catalogs are complete to mag and mag arcsec. Candidates are confirmed to be real satellites through distance measurements…
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