- Antlia Dwarf
Infobox Galaxy
name = Antlia Dwarf
epoch =J2000
type = dE3.5cite web
title=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database
work=Results for Antlia Dwarf
url=http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/
accessdate=2006-11-30 ]
ra = RA|10|04|03.9
dec = DEC|-27|19|55
dist_ly = 4.31 ± 0.20 Mly (1.32 ± 0.06 Mpc)cite journal
author=I. D. Karachentsev, V. E. Karachentseva, W. K. Hutchmeier, D. I. Makarov
title=A Catalog of Neighboring Galaxies
journal=Astronomical Journal
year=2004
volume=127
pages=2031–2068
url=http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2004AJ....127.2031K
doi=10.1086/382905] cite journal
author=Karachentsev, I. D.; Kashibadze, O. G.
title=Masses of the local group and of the M81 group estimated from distortions in the local velocity field
journal=Astrophysics
year=2006
volume=49
issue=1
pages=3–18
url=http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?bibcode=2006Ap.....49....3K
doi=10.1007/s10511-006-0002-6 ]
z = 362 ± 0 km/s
appmag_v = 16.2
size_v = 2′.0 × 1′.5
constellation name =Antlia
names = Antlia Dwarf Galaxy, PGC 29194Antlia Dwarf is a
dwarf elliptical galaxy . It lies 4.3 Mly from Earth in the constellationAntlia . It is one of most distant members of theLocal Group . The Antilia Dwarf is believed to be tidally interacting with the smallbarred spiral galaxy ,NGC 3109 .citation
last1 = Grebel
first1 = Eva K.
last2 = Gallagher
first2 = John S., III
last3 = Harbeck
first3 = Daniel
title = The Progenitors of Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxies
year = 2003
date = April 2003
journal = The Astronomical Journal
volume = 125
issue = 4
page = 1926-1939
url = http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2003AJ....125.1926G]History
Antlia dwarf was discovered in
1999 byAlan Whiting ,George Hau andMike Irwin and was found to be just beyond thezero-velocity surface of theLocal Group . citation
last1 = van den Bergh
first1 = Sidney
authorlink1 = Sidney van den Bergh
title = Updated Information on the Local Group
year = 2000
date = April 2000
journal = The Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
volume = 112
issue = 770
page = 529-536
url = http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?bibcode=2000PASP..112..529V]References
External links
*WikiSky|name=The Antlia Dwarf
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