Eridanus III dwarf galaxy

The Eridanus III dwarf galaxy , also Eridanus III or Eridanus 3 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 III dSph has a half-light radius of ′ , which corresponds to a size of ( ) pc at a distance of about 87 kpc . ${\ displaystyle r_ {h} = 0.54 _ {- 0.1} ^ {+ 0.5}}$ ${\ displaystyle 14 _ {- 2.6} ^ {+ 12.5}}$

additional

List of galaxies in the local group

Web links

Commons : Constellation Eridanus - Collection of images, videos and audio files

EIGHT BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD: DISCOVERY OF NINE ULTRA FAINT SATELLITES IN THE VICINITY OF THE MAGELLANIC CLOUDS at: iop.org

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 .

[Koposov2015-1] 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 .

[Bechtol2015-2] 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 .