Observations of the Sagittarius Dwarf galaxy by the H.E.S.S. experiment and search for a Dark Matter signal

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Observations of the Sagittarius dwarf spheroidal (Sgr dSph) galaxy were carried out with the H.E.S.S.

• array of four imaging air Cherenkov telescopes in June 2006.
• A total of 11 hours of high quality data are available after data selection.
• There is no evidence for a very high energy gamma-ray signal above the energy threshold at the target position.