Cosmic Exploration · galaxy
Leo I
Dwarf spheroidal · 820 thousand ly
- Morphology
- Dwarf spheroidal
- Type
- Galaxy
- Dec (deg)
- 12.3065
- Distance from Earth
- 820000
- Diameter (ly)
- 2000
- Notes
- The most distant satellite still bound to the Milky Way, and moving fast enough that its orbit is used to weigh the galaxy's dark halo.
- RA (deg)
- 152.11717
- Subgroup
- Milky Way
- Coordinates
- 10h 08m 28.1s +12° 18′ 23.4″ · Z 64-73 via Sc
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