The Sculptor Dwarf Galaxy (also known as Sculptor Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy or the Sculptor Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy, and formerly as the Sculptor System)...
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Sculptor Dwarf Irregular Galaxy (SDIG) is an irregular galaxy in the constellation Sculptor. It is a member of the NGC 7793 subgroup of the Sculptor Group...
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The Sculptor Galaxy (also known as the Silver Coin Galaxy, Silver Dollar Galaxy, NGC 253, or Caldwell 65) is an intermediate spiral galaxy in the constellation...
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A dwarf galaxy is a small galaxy composed of about 1000 up to several billion stars, as compared to the Milky Way's 200–400 billion stars. The Large Magellanic...
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name. The Sculptor Group of galaxies, including: Sculptor Galaxy, a spiral galaxy. Sculptor Dwarf Irregular Galaxy. Sculptor Dwarf Galaxy, a dwarf spheroidal...
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The Sculptor Group is a loose group of galaxies visible near the south galactic pole. The group is one of the closest groups of galaxies to the Local Group;...
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Local Group (redirect from Local Galaxy Group)
Sculptor Dwarf Galaxy, Fornax Dwarf Galaxy, Leo I (a dwarf galaxy), Leo II (a dwarf galaxy), Ursa Major I Dwarf Galaxy and Ursa Major II Dwarf Galaxy...
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A dwarf spheroidal galaxy (dSph) is a term in astronomy applied to small, low-luminosity galaxies with very little dust and an older stellar population...
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refractor at Boyden Observatory, shortly after he discovered the Sculptor Dwarf Galaxy. The galaxy is a satellite of the Milky Way and contains six globular...
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Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy is not listed, because it is not discernible as being a separate galaxy in the sky. This is a list of galaxies that became...
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defined galaxy group. The list aims to reflect current knowledge: not all galaxies within the 3.8 Mpc radius have been discovered. Nearby dwarf galaxies are...
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The Carina Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy is a dwarf galaxy in the Carina constellation. It was discovered in 1977 with the UK Schmidt Telescope by Cannon et...
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contains the Sculptor Dwarf, a dwarf galaxy which is a member of the Local Group, as well as the Sculptor Group, the group of galaxies closest to the...
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The Draco Dwarf is a spheroidal galaxy which was discovered by Albert George Wilson of Lowell Observatory in 1954 on photographic plates of the National...
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orbiting the Milky Way. Of the galaxies confirmed to be in orbit, the largest is the Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy, which has a diameter of 2.6 kiloparsecs...
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the characterization of proper motion (3D) within the Sculptor dwarf galaxy, and of that galaxy's trajectory through space and with respect to the Milky...
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Milky Way (redirect from Milky Way galaxy)
the dwarf galaxies orbiting the Milky Way are Canis Major Dwarf (the closest), Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy, Ursa Minor Dwarf, Sculptor Dwarf, Sextans...
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metal poor galaxy known), ESO338-IG04 and Haro11. Blue compact dwarf galaxies (BCD galaxies) are small compact galaxies. Green Pea galaxies (GPs) are small...
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Large Magellanic Cloud (redirect from Magellan galaxy)
The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is a dwarf galaxy and satellite galaxy of the Milky Way. At a distance of around 50 kiloparsecs (163,000 light-years)...
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A lenticular galaxy (denoted S0) is a type of galaxy intermediate between an elliptical (denoted E) and a spiral galaxy in galaxy morphological classification...
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Centaurus A/M83 Group (redirect from M83 group of galaxies)
members were frequently identified in early galaxy group identification surveys. However, many of the dwarf galaxies in the group were only identified in more...
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a dwarf spheroidal galaxy Burçin's Galaxy is a ring galaxy in Crater, named after Burçin Mutlu-Pakdil Bode's Galaxy is Messier 81, a spiral galaxy about...
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PGC 2933 (category Dwarf irregular galaxies)
faint dwarf irregular galaxy in the Sculptor Group. It can be seen in the southern constellation Phoenix. According to measurements, the galaxy is located...
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known as the discoverer of eleven nearby dwarf galaxies in the Local Volume. He discovered in 2016 a dwarf galaxy about 10 million light years away in the...
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NGC 625 (category Dwarf spiral galaxies)
NGC 625 is a dwarf barred spiral galaxy about 12.7 Mly away in the constellation Phoenix. It was discovered on 2 September 1826 by Scottish astronomer...
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exoplanets. The Fornax Dwarf galaxy is a small faint satellite galaxy of the Milky Way. NGC 1316 is a relatively close radio galaxy. The Hubble's Ultra-Deep...
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TOI-178 (category Sculptor (constellation))
TOI-178 is a planetary system in the constellation Sculptor around which six planets have been observed, at at least five of which orbit in a chain of...
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the discovery of a large quasar group, the Huge-LQG, which dwarfs previously discovered galaxy filaments in size. In November 2013, using gamma-ray bursts...
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for every brown dwarf. A more recent estimate from 2017 using the young massive star cluster RCW 38 concluded that the Milky Way galaxy contains between...
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NGC 7793 (redirect from Spiral Galaxy NGC 7793)
flocculent spiral galaxy in the southern constellation of Sculptor. It was discovered in 1826 by Scottish astronomer James Dunlop. The galaxy is located at...
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