10 Satellites Of Milky way Galaxy
10 Satellites Of Milky way Galaxy
1. Canis Major Dwarf
The Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy is classified as an irregular galaxy. Located about 25,000 light-years away from our Solar System and 42,000 light-years from the Galactic Center.
2. Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy :
The Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy (Sgr dE) is an elliptical loop-shaped satellite galaxy of the Milky Way Galaxy and is currently about 70,000 light-years from Earth, travelling in a polar orbit at a distance of about 50,000 light-years from the core of the Milky Way.
3. Ursa Major II Dwarf :
Ursa Major II Dwarf (UMa II dSph) is a dwarf spheroidal galaxy
4. Large Magellanic Cloud :
The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is a nearby irregular galaxy, and a satellite of the Milky Way.
5. Boötes Dwarf Galaxy :
The Boötes Dwarf Galaxy (Boo I dSph) is a faint galaxy. It lies about 197 kilolight-years (60.4 kiloparsecs) away in the constellation Boötes
6. Small Magellanic Cloud :
The Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) is a dwarf galaxy. At a distance of about 200,000 light-years.
7. Draco Dwarf :
The Draco Dwarf is a spheroidal galaxy which was discovered by Albert George Wilson
8. Carina Dwarf Spheroidal :
The Carina Dwarf Spheroidal is a dwarf galaxy in the Carina constellation
9. Fornax Dwarf Spheroidal :
The Fornax Dwarf Spheroidal is an elliptical dwarf galaxy in the constellation Fornax
10. Barnard's Galaxy :
NGC 6822 (also known as Barnard's Galaxy, IC 4895, or Caldwell 57) is a barred irregular galaxy approximately 1.6 million light-years away in the constellation Sagittarius.
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Hi, I wanted to inform that the image of the Sagittarius Dwarf Galaxy does not correspond to the description.
The text describes the Sagittarius ELLIPTICAL Galaxy (SagDEG), which lies close to our Milky Way.
The picture represents the Sagittarius IRREGULAR Galaxy (SagDIG) which is 3.4 million LY away.
SagDEG might not be imaged, as it resides behind the center of our galaxy and is VERY wide and faint. It can only be detected by statistical density of stars in this area.
Regards.
Jean-Marc
APAM Astroclub
http://www.astrosurf.com/apam
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