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Carina Dwarf

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dwarf galaxy

Wikidata facts

Instance of
dwarf galaxy
Constellation
Carina
Parent body
Milky Way
Distance from Earth
0.100
Image
Carina Dwarf Galaxy.jpg
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Commons category
Carina (constellation)
galaxy morphological type
E3
time of discovery or invention
1977-01-01
site of astronomical discovery
UK Schmidt Telescope
right ascension
100.40292
declination
-50.96611
redshift
0.000764
apparent magnitude
8.68
radial velocity
222.9
epoch
J2000.0
catalog code
[VDD93] 55
metallicity
-1.94
right ascension component of proper motion
0.220
declination component of proper motion
0.150
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