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2. Segue 2 - Wikipedia

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   Segue 2. Segue 2 is a dwarf spheroidal galaxy situated in the constellation Aries and discovered in 2009 in the data obtained by Sloan Digital Sky Survey. The galaxy is located at the distance of about 35 kiloparsecs (35,000 parsecs; 110,000 light-years) from the Sun and moves towards the Sun at a speed of 40 kilometres per second (25 mi/s).

3. Dwarf galaxy - Wikipedia

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   A dwarf galaxy is a small galaxy composed of about 1000 up to several billion stars, as compared to the Milky Way 's 200–400 billion stars. [1] The Large Magellanic Cloud, which closely orbits the Milky Way and contains over 30 billion stars, [2] is sometimes classified as a dwarf galaxy; others consider it a full-fledged galaxy.

4. Willman 1 - Wikipedia

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   Willman 1 is an ultra low-luminosity dwarf galaxy or a star cluster. [3] Willman 1 was discovered in 2004. [4] It is named after Beth Willman of Haverford College, the lead author of a study based on the Sloan Digital Sky Survey data. The object is a satellite of the Milky Way, at ~120,000 light-years away. [1]

5. List of galaxies - Wikipedia

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   This is the galaxy containing the Sun and its Solar System, and therefore Earth. 2 Canis Major Dwarf: 0.025 Mly 3 Virgo Stellar Stream: 0.030 Mly 4 Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy: 0.081 Mly 5 Large Magellanic Cloud: 0.163 Mly Largest satellite galaxy of the Milky Way 6 Small Magellanic Cloud: 0.197 Mly

6. Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy - Wikipedia

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   The Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy ( Sgr dSph ), also known as the Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy ( Sgr dE or Sag DEG ), is an elliptical loop-shaped satellite galaxy of the Milky Way. It contains four globular clusters in its main body, [8] with the brightest of them— NGC 6715 (M54)—being known well before the discovery of the ...

7. M60-UCD1 - Wikipedia

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   The galaxy may have once had some 10 billion stars. As of 2013, it is possibly the densest known galaxy with over one hundred stars per cubic light-year. As of 2014, it is the smallest and least massive galaxy known to host a central black hole. It was previously known as the most massive ultracompact dwarf galaxy known. See also