Carina dSph

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Carina dSph is a faint dwarf spheroidal satellite galaxy of the Milky Way located in the constellation Carina.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Carina dSph canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dwarf spheroidal galaxy ⓘ
absoluteMagnitude_V ~-9.3 ⓘ
alternateName Carina Dwarf ⓘ
linked to: Carina Dwarf Galaxy

Carina Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy ⓘ
linked to: Carina Dwarf Galaxy
angularSize_arcmin ~28 × 17 ⓘ
apparentMagnitude_V ~11.3 ⓘ
belongsTo Carina constellation region ⓘ
containsDarkMatter true ⓘ
containsGlobularClusters false ⓘ
currentStarFormation none detected ⓘ
declination_J2000 ~-50° 57′ ⓘ
discoveredBy Alan Whiting ⓘ
David Hazen ⓘ
Mike Irwin ⓘ
discoveryYear 1977 ⓘ
distanceFromEarth_kpc ~100 ⓘ
distanceFromEarth_ly ~330000 ⓘ
galacticLatitude ~-22° ⓘ
galacticLongitude ~260° ⓘ
galaxyType dwarf spheroidal ⓘ
gasContent very low ⓘ
halfLightRadius_pc ~250 ⓘ
hasLowSurfaceBrightness true ⓘ
hasStellarVelocityDispersion ~6–7 km/s ⓘ
hostGalaxy Milky Way ⓘ
isMemberOf Local Group ⓘ
isNearbyDwarfGalaxy true ⓘ
isResolvedIntoIndividualStars true ⓘ
isSatelliteOf Milky Way ⓘ
locatedInConstellation Carina ⓘ
massToLightRatio high ⓘ
metallicity_Fe_H ~-1.7 ⓘ
morphologicalType dSph ⓘ
notableFor complex star formation history ⓘ
observedIn near-infrared wavelengths ⓘ
optical wavelengths ⓘ
orbitsWithin Milky Way halo ⓘ
radialVelocity_km_s ~224 ⓘ
redshift_z ~0.00075 ⓘ
rightAscension_J2000 ~06h 41m ⓘ
starFormationHistory episodic ⓘ
stellarPopulation intermediate-age stars ⓘ
old stars ⓘ
surfaceBrightness_V_mag_arcsec2 ~25 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

PGC 19441 → alsoKnownAs → Carina dSph ⓘ