Discovery of Low-Luminosity Carbon Stars in the Fornax Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy with MOS at CFHT
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We report circumstances and observational techniques used with the CFHT Multi-Object Spectrograph that led us to the discovery of low-luminosity carbon stars in the Fornax dwarf spheroidal galaxy. We review the carbon star surveys carried out with this system and present our main results. A more detailed study based on our CFHT and ESO observations will be published in the proceedings of the IAU Symposium 192, \The Stellar Content of the Local Group".
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