Draco Dwarf Galaxy

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Draco Dwarf Galaxy is a faint, spheroidal satellite galaxy of the Milky Way, notable for its high dark matter content and very low rate of star formation.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Draco Dwarf Galaxy canonical 6
Draco Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Local Group galaxy ⓘ
dwarf spheroidal galaxy ⓘ
satellite galaxy ⓘ
absoluteMagnitude_V -8.8 ⓘ
alternativeName DDO 208 ⓘ
Draco dSph ⓘ
PGC 61031 ⓘ
UGC 10822 ⓘ
angularSize_arcmin 35 ⓘ
apparentMagnitude_V 10.9 ⓘ
belongsTo Local Group ⓘ
contains RR Lyrae variables ⓘ
horizontal branch stars ⓘ
red giant branch stars ⓘ
currentStarFormation negligible ⓘ
darkMatterContent very high ⓘ
declination_J2000 +57° 55′ ⓘ
discoveredBy Albert George Wilson ⓘ
discoveryYear 1954 ⓘ
distanceFromEarth_ly 260000 ⓘ
distanceFromMilkyWayCenter_ly 250000 ⓘ
dominantStellarPopulation Population II stars ⓘ
dominantStellarPopulationAge_Gyr >10 ⓘ
galaxyType dwarf spheroidal ⓘ
gasContent very low ⓘ
gasRich false ⓘ
hasTidalInteractionWith Milky Way ⓘ
hostGalaxy Milky Way ⓘ
isMemberOf Milky Way satellite system ⓘ
linked to: Milky Way
locatedInConstellation Draco ⓘ
majorAxis_arcmin 35 ⓘ
massToLightRatio_solar ~300 ⓘ
metallicity_Fe_H -1.9 ⓘ
minorAxis_arcmin 24 ⓘ
morphologicalType dSph ⓘ
neutralHydrogenContent extremely low ⓘ
orbitalStatus bound satellite of the Milky Way ⓘ
radialVelocity_km_s -293 ⓘ
rightAscension_J2000 17h 20m ⓘ
satelliteOf Milky Way ⓘ
shape spheroidal ⓘ
starFormationRate very low ⓘ
stellarMass_solar ~3e5 ⓘ
stellarPopulation old, metal-poor stars ⓘ
surfaceBrightness very low ⓘ
totalDynamicalMass_solar ~1e7 ⓘ
usedAs laboratory for dark matter studies ⓘ
testbed for galaxy formation models ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Local Group → contains → Draco Dwarf Galaxy ⓘ
Milky Way subgroup → hasMember → Draco Dwarf Galaxy ⓘ
LG → containsGalaxy → Draco Dwarf Galaxy ⓘ
Local Group → contains → Draco Dwarf Galaxy ⓘ
subject linked to: Local Group galaxies
Draco → containsDeepSkyObject → Draco Dwarf Galaxy ⓘ
Draco dSph → alternateName → Draco Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy ⓘ
linked to: Draco Dwarf Galaxy
Draco dSph → alternateName → Draco Dwarf Galaxy ⓘ