Leo V Dwarf Galaxy

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Leo V Dwarf Galaxy is a faint, small satellite galaxy of the Milky Way located in the constellation Leo and classified as an ultra-faint dwarf spheroidal galaxy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf dwarf spheroidal galaxy
ultra-faint dwarf galaxy
belongsToClass Milky Way ultra-faint dwarf satellites
discoveredBy SDSS (Sloan Digital Sky Survey) team NERFINISHED
discoveredUsing Sloan Digital Sky Survey NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Leo 5 NERFINISHED
Leo V NERFINISHED
hasAngularSize small
hasApparentMagnitude very faint
hasDarkMatterContent dark-matter-dominated
hasDistanceReferenceFrame from Earth
hasGalaxyType dSph
hasGasContent gas-poor
hasLuminosityClass ultra-faint
hasMetallicity low
hasMorphology spheroidal
hasNumberOfStars very low
hasShape roughly spherical
hasStarFormationActivity quiescent
hasStellarPopulation metal-poor
old
hasSurfaceBrightness low
isGravitationallyBoundTo Milky Way NERFINISHED
isPartOf Milky Way satellite system NERFINISHED
locatedInConstellation Leo NERFINISHED
memberOf Local Group NERFINISHED
observedIn optical wavelengths
satelliteOf Milky Way NERFINISHED

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Milky Way subgroup hasMember Leo V Dwarf Galaxy