Cosmic Exploration · galaxy
Leo II
Dwarf spheroidal · 690 thousand ly
- Morphology
- Dwarf spheroidal
- Type
- Galaxy
- Dec (deg)
- 22.15281
- Distance from Earth
- 690000
- Diameter (ly)
- 4000
- Notes
- A distant, old companion that stopped forming stars billions of years ago; almost all its light comes from stars older than 8 billion years.
- RA (deg)
- 168.36721
- Subgroup
- Milky Way
- Coordinates
- 11h 13m 28.1s +22° 09′ 10.1″ · Z 126-111 via Sc
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