Eridanus-II-Zwerggalaxie
| Galaxie Eridanus-II-Zwerggalaxie | |
|---|---|
| Eridanus 2 | |
 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Sternbild | Eridanus |
| Position Äquinoktium: J2000.0, Epoche: J2000.0 | |
| Rektaszension | 03h 44m 21,1s |
| Deklination | -43° 31′ 59,5″ |
| Erscheinungsbild | |
| Morphologischer Typ | dSph |
| Helligkeit (visuell) | (16,3 ± 0,1) mag |
| Physikalische Daten | |
| Zugehörigkeit | Lokale Gruppe |
| Entfernung | 1.238.000 Lj / 380.000 pc |
| Absolute Helligkeit | (−6,6 ± 0,1) mag |
| Geschichte | |
| Entdeckung | Dark Energy Survey |
| Entdeckungsdatum | 2015 |
| Katalogbezeichnungen | |
| Eri II dSph | |
Die Eridanus-II-Zwerggalaxie, kurz auch Eridanus II oder Eridanus 2, ist eine im Jahr 2015 entdeckte Zwerggalaxie des Typs dSph im Sternbild Eridanus in der Lokalen Gruppe und eine der Satellitengalaxien der Milchstraße.[1][2]
Eigenschaften
Eri II dSph besitzt einen Halblichtradius von ′, was bei einer Entfernung von etwa 380 kpc einer Größe von () pc entspricht.
Weiteres
- Liste der Galaxien der Lokalen Gruppe
Weblinks
Einzelnachweise
- ↑ 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, 10. März 2015, S. 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, 10. März 2015, S. 50. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/807/1/50.
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