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Fornax Dwarf

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Also known as Fornax Dwarf Spheroidal

dwarf galaxy

Wikidata facts

Instance of
dwarf galaxy
Constellation
Cetus
Parent body
Milky Way
Child body
NGC 1049
Distance from Earth
0.14
Image
Fornax dwarf galaxy.jpg
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time of discovery or invention
1938-01-01
discoverer or inventor
Harlow Shapley
site of astronomical discovery
Boyden Observatory
apparent magnitude
6.62
Commons category
Fornax dwarf
right ascension
39.99708
declination
-34.44917
epoch
J2000.0
radial velocity
55.3
redshift
0.000177
catalog code
[FG85] 55
galaxy morphological type
dSph
metallicity
-1.29
right ascension component of proper motion
0.476
declination component of proper motion
-0.360
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