Canes Venatici Dwarf Galaxy

Infobox Galaxy


name = Canes Venatici Dwarf
epoch = J2000
type = dSphcite journal
author=Zucker, D. B. "et al"
title=A New Milky Way Dwarf Satellite in Canes Venatici
journal=The Astrophysical Journal
year=2006
volume=643
issue=2
pages=L103–L106
url=http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?bibcode=2006ApJ...643L.103Z
doi=10.1086/505216 ]
ra = RA|13|28|03.5cite web
title=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database
work=Results for CVn dSph
url=http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/
accessdate=2006-11-26 ]
dec = DEC|+33|33|21
dist_ly = 720 ±|80|50 kly (220 ±|25|16 kpc)
z =
appmag_v = 13.9
size_v = 31′ × 17′.0
constellation name = Canes Venatici
notes = One of the most distant known dSph
companions of the Milky Way
names = CVn dSph

The Canes Venatici Dwarf ("CVn dSph") is one of the most distant satellite galaxy of the Milky Way as of 2006 together with Leo I and Leo II. It is a dwarf spheroidal galaxy in the Canes Venatici constellation, lying about 720,000 light-years away. The galaxy is approximately 6.5 kly (2 kpc) across along its major axis and very faint. It consists of a primarily old metal-poor stellar population.

External links

* [http://www.atlasoftheuniverse.com/sattelit.html The Universe within 500000 light-years The Satellite Galaxies] (Atlas of the Universe)
* [http://kencroswell.com/BootesCanesVenaticiDwarfs.html Two New Galaxies Orbiting the Milky Way] (Ken Croswell) April 19, 2006
* [http://www.newscientistspace.com/article/dn9043-strange-satellite-galaxies-revealed-around-milky-way.html Strange satellite galaxies revealed around Milky Way] Kimm Groshong (New Scientist) 17:00 24 April 2006
* [http://www.sdss.org/news/releases/20060508.companions.html New Milky Way companions found: SDSS-II first to view two dim dwarf galaxies] (SDSS) May 8, 2006
* [http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Astronomers_Find_Two_New_Milky_Way_Companions.html Astronomers Find Two New Milky Way Companions] (SpaceDaily) May 10, 2006

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