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Sculptor Dwarf Galaxy

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dwarf spheroidal galaxy located in the constellation of the same name

Wikidata facts

Constellation
Sculptor
Parent body
Milky Way
Distance from Earth
0.072
Image
Sculptor Dwarf Galaxy ESO.jpg
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right ascension
15.03917
catalog code
[FG85] 28
Commons category
Sculptor Dwarf Galaxy
time of discovery or invention
1937-01-01
discoverer or inventor
Harlow Shapley
site of astronomical discovery
Boyden Observatory
apparent magnitude
5.98
declination
-33.70889
declination component of proper motion
0.020
radial velocity
111.4
redshift
0.000367
epoch
J2000.0
galaxy morphological type
dSph
metallicity
-1.95
right ascension component of proper motion
0.090
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