ESO 351-30

E505229

ESO 351-30, better known as the Sculptor Dwarf Galaxy, is a faint dwarf spheroidal satellite galaxy of the Milky Way located in the constellation Sculptor.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
ESO 351-30 canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Sculptor Dwarf Galaxy ⓘ
dwarf spheroidal galaxy ⓘ
absoluteMagnitude_V -11.1 ⓘ
alternateName Sculptor Dwarf ⓘ
Sculptor Dwarf Galaxy ⓘ
Sculptor Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy ⓘ
apparentMagnitude_V 9.5 ⓘ
belongsTo Milky Way dwarf spheroidal system ⓘ
catalog ESO (European Southern Observatory) catalog ⓘ
contains horizontal branch stars ⓘ
red giant branch stars ⓘ
coordinateSystem J2000 ⓘ
darkMatterContent dark-matter-dominated ⓘ
declination_J2000 -33°42′ ⓘ
discoveredBy Harlow Shapley ⓘ
discoveryYear 1937 ⓘ
distanceFromEarth_kpc 86 ⓘ
distanceFromEarth_ly 290000 ⓘ
dominantStellarAge_Gyr >10 ⓘ
environment Local Group halo ⓘ
galacticLatitude_deg -83 ⓘ
galaxyType dwarf spheroidal ⓘ
gasContent very low neutral gas content ⓘ
gasPhase mostly gas-free ⓘ
halfLightRadius_arcmin 11 ⓘ
halfLightRadius_pc 260 ⓘ
heliocentricDistanceRange_kpc 79–87 ⓘ
hostGalaxy Milky Way ⓘ
locatedInConstellation Sculptor ⓘ
massToLightRatio high ⓘ
memberOf Local Group ⓘ
metallicity_Fe_H -1.8 ⓘ
morphologicalType dSph ⓘ
notableFor being one of the first known dwarf spheroidal galaxies ⓘ
observedIn near-infrared wavelengths ⓘ
optical wavelengths ⓘ
radialVelocity_km_s 110 ⓘ
rightAscension_J2000 00h59m35s ⓘ
satelliteOf Milky Way ⓘ
shape spheroidal ⓘ
skyLocation southern celestial hemisphere ⓘ
starFormationActivity no current star formation ⓘ
stellarKinematics pressure-supported system ⓘ
stellarPopulation old, metal-poor stars ⓘ
surfaceBrightness low ⓘ

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