Sextans Dwarf Spheroidal
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Sextans Dwarf on November 3, 1998 |
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| Observation data: J2000 epoch | |
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| Constellation: | Sextans |
| Right ascension: | 10h 13m 02.9s[1] |
| Declination: | -01° 36′ 53″[1] |
| Redshift: | 224 ± 2 km/s[1] |
| Distance: | 290 ± 30 kly (90 ± 10 kpc)[2][3] |
| Type: | dSph[1] |
| Apparent dimensions (V): | 30′.0 × 12′.0[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V): | 12.[1] |
| Notable features: | satellite galaxy of the Milky Way |
| Other designations | |
| Sextans I,[1] LEDA 88608[1] | |
| See also: Galaxy, List of galaxies | |
The Sextans Dwarf Spheroidal is a dwarf spheroidal galaxy that was discovered in 1990 by Mike Irwin, M.T. Bridgeland, P.S. Bunclark and R.G. McMahon as the 8th satellite of the Milky Way [1], and is named fittingly, as it is part of Sextans constellation. It is also an elliptical galaxy, and displays a redshift because it is receding from the Milky Way at 224 km/s.
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f g h NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. Results for Sextans Dwarf. Retrieved on 2006-11-29.
- ^ I. D. Karachentsev, V. E. Karachentseva, W. K. Hutchmeier, D. I. Makarov (2004). "A Catalog of Neighboring Galaxies". Astronomical Journal 127: 2031-2068.
- ^ Karachentsev, I. D.; Kashibadze, O. G. (2006). "Masses of the local group and of the M81 group estimated from distortions in the local velocity field". Astrophysics 49 (1): 3-18.
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