Eridanus II dwarf galaxy
Galaxy Eridanus II dwarf galaxy |
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Eridanus 2 | |
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AladinLite | |
Constellation | Eridanus |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 03 h 44 m 21.1 s |
declination | -43 ° 31 ′ 59.5 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | dSph |
Brightness (visual) | (16.3 ± 0.1) mag |
Physical data | |
Affiliation | Local group |
distance | 1238000 Lj / 380,000 pc |
Absolute brightness | (−6.6 ± 0.1) mag |
history | |
discovery | Dark Energy Survey |
Discovery date | 2015 |
Catalog names | |
Eri II dSph |
The Eridanus II dwarf galaxy , also Eridanus II or Eridanus 2 for short , is a dwarf galaxy of the type dSph discovered in 2015 in the constellation Eridanus in the Local Group and one of the satellite galaxies of the Milky Way .
properties
Eri II dSph has a half-light radius of ′ , which corresponds to a size of ( ) pc at a distance of about 380 kpc .
additional
Web links
Commons : Constellation Eridanus - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sergey E. Koposov, Vasily Belokurov, Gabriel Torrealba, N. Wyn Evans: Beasts of the Southern Wild. Discovery of a large number of Ultra Faint satellites in the vicinity of the Magellanic Clouds . In: The Astrophysical Journal . 805, March 10, 2015, p. 130. doi : 10.1088 / 0004-637X / 805/2/130 .
- ↑ DES Collaboration: Eight New Milky Way Companions Discovered in First-Year Dark Energy Survey Data . In: The Astrophysical Journal . 807, March 10, 2015, p. 50. doi : 10.1088 / 0004-637X / 807/1/50 .