Leo II (dwarf galaxy)

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Leo B

Galaxy	List of galaxies
Observation data (Epoch J2000)
Constellation	Leo
Right ascension	11h 13m 29.2s[1]
Declination	+22° 09′ 17″[1]
Redshift	-87 ± 5 km/s[1]
Distance	701 kly (215 kpc)[citation needed]
Type	E0 pec[1]
Apparent dimensions (V)	12′.0 × 11′.0[1]
Apparent magnitude (V)	12.6[1]
Notable features
Other designations
Leo II,[1] UGC 6253,[1] PGC 34176,[1] DDO 93,[1] Harrington-Wilson #2[1]

Leo B (or Leo II) is an dwarf spheroidal galaxy of the Local Group, part of the Milky Way subgroup, in the constellation of Leo. It is approximately 701,000 light-years (215 kpc) from Earth, and 4,200 light-years in diameter. It was discovered in 1950 by Robert G. Harrington and Albert George Wilson, from the Mount Wilson and Palomar Observatories in California.

[edit] See also

• Leo I

[edit] References

• R. G. Harrington and A. G. Wilson, 1950. "Two New Stellar Systems in Leo." Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Vol. 62, No. 365, p. 118

[edit] External links

• Leo II @ SEDS
• The Internal Kinematics of the Leo II Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy
• The Stellar Populations of the Leo II Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy
• Leo II @ The Encyclopedia of Astrobiology, Astronomy & Spaceflight
• Deep CCD photometry of the dwarf spheroidal galaxy Leo II

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