Pictor I dwarf galaxy

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Galaxy Pictor-I dwarf galaxy
Pictor 1
AladinLite
Constellation	painter
Position equinox :  J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension	04 h 43 m 47.4 s
declination	-50 ° 16 ′ 58.8 ″
Appearance
Morphological type	dSph
Brightness  (visual)	(17.2 ± 0.2) mag
Physical data
Affiliation	Local group
distance	372,000 ly / 114,000 pc
Absolute brightness	(−3.1 ± 0.2) mag
history
discovery	Dark Energy Survey
Discovery date	2015
Catalog names
Pic I dSph

The Pictor I dwarf galaxy , also Pictor I or Pictor 1 for short , is a dwarf galaxy of the type dSph discovered in 2015 in the constellation Maler in the Local Group and one of the satellite galaxies of the Milky Way .

The distance to Earth is approximately 372,000 light years .

properties

Pic I dSph has a half-light radius of ′ , which corresponds to a size of ( )  pc at a distance of about 114 kpc . ${\displaystyle r_{h}=0,88_{-0,13}^{+0,27}}$  ${\displaystyle 29_{-4,4}^{+9,1}}$

additional

• List of galaxies in the local group

Web links

Commons : Constellation Painter  - 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

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 .
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 .