Cetus II dwarf galaxy
Galaxy Cetus II dwarf galaxy |
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Cetus 2 | |
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AladinLite | |
Constellation | whale |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 01 h 17 m 52.8 s |
declination | -17 ° 25 ′ 12.0 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | dSph |
Brightness (visual) | (17.38 ± 0.19) mag |
Physical data | |
Affiliation | Local group |
distance | (97,800 ± 9,800) Lj / (30.000 ± 3.000) pc |
Absolute brightness | (0.0 ± 0.68) mag |
history | |
discovery | Dark Energy Survey |
Discovery date | 2015 |
Catalog names | |
Cet II dSph |
The Cetus II dwarf galaxy , also Cetus II or Cetus 2 for short , is a dwarf galaxy of the type dSph discovered in 2015 in the constellation Whale in the Local Group and one of the satellite galaxies of the Milky Way .
properties
Cet II dSph has a half-light radius of ′ , which corresponds to a size of (17 ± 7) pc at a distance of about 30 kpc .
additional
Web links
Commons : Constellation Whale - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ^ NED
- ↑ A. Drlica Wagner: Eight ultra-faint galaxy candidates discovered in Year Two of the Dark Energy Survey . In: The Astrophysical Journal . 813, No. 2, November 4, 2015, p. 109. doi : 10.1088 / 0004-637X / 813/2/109 .