Canes Venatici I Dwarf Galaxy
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Canes Venatici I Dwarf Galaxy is a faint dwarf spheroidal satellite galaxy of the Milky Way located in the constellation Canes Venatici.
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dwarf spheroidal galaxy
ⓘ
galaxy ⓘ satellite galaxy of the Milky Way ⓘ |
| absoluteMagnitudeV | about −8.6 ⓘ |
| apparentMagnitudeV | ~13.9 ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Local Group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| constellation | Canes Venatici NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsDarkMatter | true ⓘ |
| declination | +33° 33′ ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | Beth Willman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveryMethod | Sloan Digital Sky Survey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveryYear | 2006 ⓘ |
| distanceFromEarth |
~220 kiloparsecs
ⓘ
~720,000 light-years ⓘ |
| galaxyType | dwarf spheroidal ⓘ |
| halfLightRadius | ~550 parsecs ⓘ |
| hostGalaxy | Milky Way NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isFaint | true ⓘ |
| isSatelliteOf | Milky Way NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| luminosity | ~2×10^5 times the luminosity of the Sun ⓘ |
| massToLightRatio | >100 (in solar units) ⓘ |
| memberOf | Milky Way satellite system ⓘ |
| metallicity | very metal-poor ⓘ |
| otherName |
CVn I dSph
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Canes Venatici I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| radialVelocity | ~31 km/s ⓘ |
| rightAscension | ~13h 28m ⓘ |
| shape | spheroidal ⓘ |
| starFormationActivity | no current star formation ⓘ |
| stellarPopulation | old ⓘ |
| surfaceBrightness | very low ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
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