Cosmic Exploration · galaxy
Draco Dwarf
Dwarf spheroidal · 260 thousand ly
- Morphology
- Dwarf spheroidal
- Type
- Galaxy
- Dec (deg)
- 57.92122
- Distance from Earth
- 260000
- Diameter (ly)
- 2700
- RA (deg)
- 260.05973
- Subgroup
- Milky Way
- Coordinates
- 17h 20m 14.3s +57° 55′ 16.4″ · Z 300-12 via Sc
Notes
Very high mass-to-light ratio — its stars move far faster than their own gravity explains — which made it one of the first strong cases for dark matter in a small galaxy.
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