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The Canes Venatici Dwarf (CVn dSph) is one of the most distant satellite galaxy of the Milky Way as of 2006 together with Leo I and Leo II.[2] It is a dwarf spheroidal galaxy in the Canes Venatici constellation, lying about 720,000 light-years away. The galaxy is approximately 6.5 kly (2 kpc)[2] across along its major axis and very faint. It is consists of a primarily old metal-poor stellar population.[2]
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- ^ a b c d NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. Results for CVn dSph. Retrieved on 2006-11-26.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Zucker, D. B.; Belokurov, V.; Evans, N. W.; Wilkinson, M. I.; Irwin, M. J.; Sivarani, T.; Hodgkin, S.; Bramich, D. M.; Irwin, J. M.; Gilmore, G.; Willman, B.; Vidrih, S.; Fellhauer, M.; Hewett, P. C.; Beers, T. C.; Bell, E. F.; Grebel, E. K.; Schneider, D. P.; Newberg, H. J.; Wyse, R. F. G.; Rockosi, C. M.; Yanny, B.; Lupton, R.; Smith, J. A.; Barentine, J. C.; Brewington, H.; Brinkmann, J.; Harvanek, M.; Kleinman, S. J.; Krzesinski, J.; Long, D.; Nitta, A.; Snedden, S. A. (2006). "A New Milky Way Dwarf Satellite in Canes Venatici". The Astrophysical Journal 643 (2): L103–L106. doi:10.1086/505216.
