Tucana dSph

E569244

Tucana dSph is a faint, isolated dwarf spheroidal galaxy in the constellation Tucana and a remote satellite of the Milky Way.

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Tucana dSph canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf dwarf spheroidal galaxy
absoluteMagnitudeV about −9
alternativeName Tucana dwarf galaxy NERFINISHED
Tucana dwarf spheroidal galaxy NERFINISHED
angularSeparationFromMilkyWayCenter large angular distance on the sky
constellation Tucana NERFINISHED
darkMatterContent dark-matter-dominated
declination approximately −64° 25′
discoverer A. Kunkel and collaborators
discoveryYear 1991
distanceFromAndromeda comparable to its distance from the Milky Way
distanceFromMilkyWay about 2.8 million light-years
about 870 kiloparsecs
environment outer regions of the Local Group
galacticLatitude high galactic latitude
gasContent gas-poor
halfLightRadius a few hundred parsecs
hostGalaxy Milky Way NERFINISHED
importance example of an isolated Local Group dwarf spheroidal galaxy
isolation relatively isolated from other Local Group dwarfs
luminosityClass very low luminosity
membership Local Group NERFINISHED
metallicity metal-poor stellar population
morphologicalType dSph
radialVelocity receding with respect to the Milky Way
rightAscension approximately 22h 41m
starFormationActivity no current star formation
stellarPopulation predominantly old stars
surfaceBrightness low surface brightness

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