Sculptor dSph

E505228

dwarf spheroidal galaxy

Sculptor dSph is a faint dwarf spheroidal galaxy and satellite of the Milky Way located in the constellation Sculptor.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Scl dSph	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	dwarf spheroidal galaxy ⓘ
absoluteMagnitude_V	-11.1 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Sculptor Dwarf Galaxy NERFINISHED ⓘ Sculptor Dwarf Spheroidal NERFINISHED ⓘ Sculptor Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy NERFINISHED ⓘ Sculptor dSpheroidal ⓘ
angularSize_arcmin	72 ⓘ
apparentMagnitude_V	10.1 ⓘ
belongsTo	Local Group NERFINISHED ⓘ
contains	RR Lyrae variables NERFINISHED ⓘ horizontal branch stars ⓘ old metal-poor stars ⓘ red giant branch stars ⓘ
coordinateSystem	equatorial ⓘ
darkMatterDominated	true ⓘ
declination	-33° ⓘ
discoveredBy	Harlow Shapley NERFINISHED ⓘ
discoveryYear	1937 ⓘ
distanceFromEarth_kpc	86 ⓘ
distanceFromEarth_ly	290000 ⓘ
environment	Milky Way halo NERFINISHED ⓘ
galacticLatitude	-83 ⓘ
galaxyType	dSph ⓘ
gasContent	gas-poor ⓘ
hasGlobularClusters	false ⓘ
hasTidalInteractionWith	Milky Way NERFINISHED ⓘ
heliocentricRadialVelocity_km_s	110 ⓘ
isFaint	true ⓘ
isNearbyDwarfGalaxy	true ⓘ
isResolvedIntoStars	true ⓘ
isSatelliteOf	Milky Way NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInConstellation	Sculptor NERFINISHED ⓘ
massToLightRatio	high ⓘ
metallicity_Fe_H	-1.8 ⓘ
morphologicalType	dSph ⓘ
orbitalRelation	bound to Milky Way ⓘ
radialVelocity_km_s	110 ⓘ
rightAscension	01h 00m ⓘ
starFormationActivity	quiescent ⓘ
starFormationHistory	early burst then cessation ⓘ
stellarPopulation	old ⓘ
surfaceBrightness	low ⓘ
usedFor	studies of chemical evolution in small galaxies ⓘ studies of dark matter in dwarf galaxies ⓘ studies of stellar populations ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sculptor Dwarf Galaxy → alternateName → Sculptor dSph ⓘ

this entity surface form: Scl dSph