A new satellite galaxy of the Milky Way in the constellation of Sextans.
Abstract
A new Sculptor-type dwarf elliptical galaxy at a distance of 85 kpc has been found in the constellation of Sextans. The discovery was made from APM measures of UK Schmidt atlas glass copy IIIaJ survey plates. Photographic B_j_, R colour-magnitude diagrams reveal a pronounced 'red' horizontal branch and a well-defined asymptotic giant branch typical of dwarf spheroidal systems.
- Publication:
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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
- Pub Date:
- May 1990
- Bibcode:
- 1990MNRAS.244P..16I
- Keywords:
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- Dwarf Galaxies;
- Elliptical Galaxies;
- Interacting Galaxies;
- Milky Way Galaxy;
- Sky Surveys (Astronomy);
- Astronomical Photography;
- Color-Magnitude Diagram;
- Density Distribution;
- Southern Sky;
- Star Distribution;
- Astronomy