Cosmic Exploration · galaxy
Crater 2
Dwarf spheroidal · 380 thousand ly
- Morphology
- Dwarf spheroidal
- Type
- Galaxy
- Dec (deg)
- -18.413
- Distance from Earth
- 380000
- Diameter (ly)
- 7000
- RA (deg)
- 177.31
- Subgroup
- Milky Way
- Coordinates
- 11h 49m 14.4s −18° 24′ 46.8″ · Crater II Dwarf via N
Notes
The 'feeble giant': one of the largest satellites by size but among the faintest, with stars moving so slowly that it appears to hold much less dark matter than its neighbours.
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