Milky Way-mass hosts
ELVES
A Local Volume survey of satellites around Milky Way-mass host galaxies.
30 Hosts
338 Satellites
The ELVES Surveys
A family of surveys characterizing the dwarf-galaxy populations around Milky Way analogs (ELVES), around dwarf hosts (ELVES-Dwarf), and in the field (ELVES-Field).
ELVES survey family
Three Local Volume samples of dwarf galaxies
Dwarf hosts
ELVES-Dwarf
ELVES-Dwarf extends the ELVES survey family into the dwarf-host regime, providing a systematic view of satellite populations around dwarf host galaxies in the nearby Universe.
39 Hosts
39 Satellites
Field dwarfs
ELVES-Field
A Local Volume survey of dwarf galaxies in the field.
53 Field dwarfs
Papers
Featured papers
2026
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Citation
Contact and citation
If you use data products from these surveys, please cite the core survey paper and/or relevant science papers. If you have questions about the data, please contact the survey team via email.
Carlsten et al. 2022, ApJ, 933, 47
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@ARTICLE{Carlsten2022,
author = {{Carlsten}, Scott G. and {Greene}, Jenny E. and
{Beaton}, Rachael L. and {Danieli}, Shany and {Greco}, Johnny P.},
title = "{The Exploration of Local VolumE Satellites (ELVES) Survey:
A Nearly Volume-limited Sample of Nearby Dwarf Satellite Systems}",
journal = {\apj},
year = 2022,
volume = {933},
pages = {47},
doi = {10.3847/1538-4357/ac6fd7}
}Li et al. 2026, ApJ, 1002, 75
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@ARTICLE{Li2026,
author = {{Li}, Jiaxuan and {Greene}, Jenny E. and {Danieli}, Shany and
{Carlsten}, Scott G. and {Geha}, Marla and {Jiang}, Fangzhou and
{Tanaka}, Masayuki},
title = "{ELVES-Dwarf. I. Satellite Systems of Eight Isolated Dwarf
Galaxies in the Local Volume}",
journal = {\apj},
year = 2026,
volume = {1002},
pages = {75},
doi = {10.3847/1538-4357/ae4495}
}Carlsten et al. 2026, ApJ, 1001, 244
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@ARTICLE{Carlsten2026field,
author = {{Carlsten}, Scott G. and {Li}, Jiaxuan and {Greene}, Jenny E. and
{Drlica-Wagner}, Alex and {Danieli}, Shany},
title = "{A Sample of Nearby Isolated Dwarf Galaxies: A First Look at
the Mass Function of Field Dwarfs}",
journal = {\apj},
year = 2026,
volume = {1001},
pages = {244},
doi = {10.3847/1538-4357/ae4c5c}
}