Cosmic Exploration · galaxy
Leo T
Dwarf irregular · 1.40 million ly
- Morphology
- Dwarf irregular
- Type
- Galaxy
- Dec (deg)
- 17.05139
- Distance from Earth
- 1400000
- Diameter (ly)
- 2000
- RA (deg)
- 143.7225
- Subgroup
- Independent
- Coordinates
- 09h 34m 53.4s +17° 03′ 05.0″ · NAME Leo T via Sc
Notes
The faintest known galaxy still holding neutral hydrogen, sitting right at the boundary where a galaxy's gas is stripped away by its surroundings.
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