Leo IV Dwarf Galaxy

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Leo IV Dwarf Galaxy is a faint, small satellite galaxy of the Milky Way located in the constellation Leo and classified as an ultra-faint dwarf spheroidal galaxy.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Leo IV Dwarf Galaxy canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dwarf spheroidal galaxy ⓘ
ultra-faint dwarf galaxy ⓘ
belongsToSubgroup Milky Way dwarf spheroidal satellites ⓘ
discoveredBy SDSS (Sloan Digital Sky Survey) ⓘ
discoveryMethod digital sky survey ⓘ
hasAbsoluteMagnitudeV ~-5.5 ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Leo IV ⓘ
Leo IV dSph ⓘ
hasApparentMagnitudeV ~16.0 ⓘ
hasBaryonContent low ⓘ
hasClassification ultra-faint Milky Way satellite ⓘ
hasCoordinateSystem equatorial ⓘ
hasDarkMatterDominance dark-matter-dominated ⓘ
hasDeclination ~−00° 33′ ⓘ
hasDiscoveryEpoch early 21st century ⓘ
hasDistanceFromEarth_kpc ~160 ⓘ
hasDistanceFromEarth_ly ~520000 ⓘ
hasDominantStellarPopulationAge_Gyr >10 ⓘ
hasDynamicalMassToLightRatio high ⓘ
hasEnvironment outer Galactic halo ⓘ
hasGalacticLatitude high ⓘ
hasGalaxyType dSph ⓘ
hasGasContent gas-poor ⓘ
hasHalfLightRadius_pc ~130 ⓘ
hasHeliocentricDistance_kpc ~154 ⓘ
hasLuminosityClass ultra-faint ⓘ
hasMetallicity_FeH ~-2.5 ⓘ
hasRadialVelocity_kms ~132 ⓘ
hasRightAscension ~11h 32m ⓘ
hasShape spheroidal ⓘ
hasStarFormationActivity quiescent ⓘ
hasStarFormationHistory ancient burst with little recent activity ⓘ
hasStellarMass_Msun ~1e4 ⓘ
hasStellarPopulation old, metal-poor stars ⓘ
hasSurfaceBrightness very low ⓘ
hasTidalInteractionWith Milky Way ⓘ
isGravitationallyBoundTo Milky Way ⓘ
isNearbyTo Leo V Dwarf Galaxy ⓘ
locatedInConstellation Leo ⓘ
memberOf Local Group ⓘ
observedInSurvey Sloan Digital Sky Survey ⓘ
follow-up deep imaging surveys ⓘ
satelliteOf Milky Way ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

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

Milky Way subgroup → hasMember → Leo IV Dwarf Galaxy ⓘ