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Table 1
Typical properties of various classes of SSS.
| SSS Class | MV (mag) | V − I | RH pc | Reference |
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| GC | −11 to ≳−5 | 0.8–1.2 | 2–8 | 3, 6 |
| ECa | −6 to < − 4 | ~1.2 | 8–50 | 6, 7, 13 |
| UCD | −14 to −9 | 0.7–1.3 | 8–100 | 1, 2, 4, 6 |
| dE | −16 to −12 | 0.8–1.2 | 300–1000 | 5 |
| cE | −18 to −15 | ~1.2 | 100–500 | 5, 11, 12 |
| dSph | −12 to ≳−5 | 0.8–1.2 | 50–1500 | 6, 8, 9, 10 |
Notes.
(a)
Objects with similar luminosity and size have been also dubbed faint fuzzies (Larsen & Brodie 2000; Peng et al. 2006; Forbes et al. 2013).
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