Astronomy:Leo II (dwarf galaxy)
Leo II | |
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Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Leo |
Right ascension | 11h 13m 29.2s [1] |
Declination | +22° 09′ 17″ [1] |
Redshift | 0.000264 (79 ± 1 km/s) [1] |
Distance | 690 ± 70 kly (210 ± 20 kpc)[2] [3] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 12.6 [1] |
Characteristics | |
Type | E0 pec [1] |
Apparent size (V) | 12.0 x 11.0 arcmin [1] |
Other designations | |
PGC 34176, DDO 93 |
Leo II (or Leo B) is a dwarf spheroidal galaxy about 690,000 light-years away in the constellation Leo. It is one of 24 known satellite galaxies of the Milky Way.[4] Leo II is thought to have a core radius of 178 ± 13 pc and a tidal radius of 632 ± 32 pc.[5] It was discovered in 1950 by Robert George Harrington and Albert George Wilson, from the Mount Wilson and Palomar Observatories in California.
Recent Findings
In 2007 a team of 15 scientists observed Leo II through the 8.2 meter Subaru optical-infrared telescope in Mauna Kea, Hawaii. Over 2 nights, 90 minutes of exposures were taken and 82,252 stars were detected down to a visible magnitude of 26. They found that Leo II consists largely of metal-poor older stars, a sign that it has survived the galactic cannibalism under which massive galaxies (e.g., the Milky Way) consume smaller galaxies to attain their extensive size.[6]
Observation at ESO estimates Leo II's mass to be (2.7 ± 0.5)×107 M⊙.[7]
See also
- Dwarf galaxy
- Local Group, a description of the group of galaxies that includes the Milky Way.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for Leo B. http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/. Retrieved 2006-11-18.
- ↑ I. D. Karachentsev; V. E. Karachentseva; W. K. Hutchmeier; D. I. Makarov (2004). "A Catalog of Neighboring Galaxies". Astronomical Journal 127 (4): 2031–2068. doi:10.1086/382905. Bibcode: 2004AJ....127.2031K.
- ↑ Karachentsev, I. D.; Kashibadze, O. G. (2006). "Masses of the local group and of the M81 group estimated from distortions in the local velocity field". Astrophysics 49 (1): 3–18. doi:10.1007/s10511-006-0002-6. Bibcode: 2006Ap.....49....3K.arXiv:0708.1853
- ↑ Tollerud, E. (Nov 2008). "Hundreds of Milky Way Satellites? Luminosity Bias in the Satellite Luminosity Function". Astrophysical Journal 688 (1): 277–289. doi:10.1086/592102. Bibcode: 2008ApJ...688..277T.
- ↑ Coleman, M. (Nov 2007). "A Wide-Field View of Leo II: A Structural Analysis Using the Sloan Digital Sky Survey". Astronomical Journal 134 (5): 1938–1951. doi:10.1086/522229. Bibcode: 2007AJ....134.1938C.
- ↑ "Leo II: An Old Dwarf Galaxy with Juvenescent Heart". National Astronomical Observatory of Japan. 28 Nov 2007. http://subarutelescope.org/Pressrelease/2007/11/28/index.html. Retrieved 25 Nov 2008.
- ↑ Andreas Koch (August 2007). "Stellar Kinematics in the Remote Leo II Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy—Another Brick in the Wall". Astronomical Journal 134 (2): 566–578. doi:10.1086/519380. Bibcode: 2007AJ....134..566K. http://www.iop.org/EJ/abstract/1538-3881/134/2/566.
- Harrington R. G.; Wilson A. G. (1950). "Two New Stellar Systems in Leo". Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 62 (365): 118–120. doi:10.1086/126249. Bibcode: 1950PASP...62..118H.
External links
Coordinates: 11h 13m 29.2s, +22° 09′ 17″
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