Distance 383,000 ly (117.5 kpc) Constellation Crater | Type dSph | |
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Right ascension 11 49 14.400
7000309464329671115♠177.310°±0.03° Declination −18° 24′ 46.80″
3000678632524830283♠−18.413°±0.03° Apparent magnitude (V) 7001203500000000000♠20.35±0.02 mag Absolute magnitude (V) 2999180000000000000♠−8.2±0.1 mag Similar Leo IV, Leo II, Hercules, Ursa Major II Dwarf, Sculptor Dwarf Galaxy | ||
Crater 2 is a dwarf galaxy discovered orbiting the Milky Way, located approximately 380,000 ly from Earth. Crater 2 was identified in imaging data from the VST ATLAS survey.
The galaxy has a half-light radius of ∼7019339424533961391♠1100 pc, making it the fourth largest satellite of the Milky Way. It has an angular size about double of that of the moon.
References
Crater 2 dwarf galaxy Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA