LGS 2

Diffuse Nebula or Remote Galaxy LGS 2 (PGC 1792), in Andromeda

RA:: 00 : 29.3
Dec:: +33 : 21
Type:: Dwarf Galaxy or Nebula
RV:
Distance:
Apparent Dimension:: 3 x 2 arc min
Diameter:
Brightness:: +19 mag
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Mass:

Discovered by Kowal et.al. (1978) in October 1978, this faint, fuzzy object was first suspected to be a candidate member galaxy of the Local Group and listed in their catalog of Local Group Suspected galaxies.

Van den Bergh and Racine (1981) eventually found that it was not resolvable with the Hale or CFHT telescopes. It is perhaps a remote background galaxy, or more probably, a galactic reflection nebula, a faint knot of gas, probably in the Milky Way, though possibly in the Andromeda galaxy.

The image in this page was obtained by Alan Whiting at the CTIO.

References

C. Kowal, K.Y. Lo and W.L.W. Sargent, 1978. IAU Circular No. 3305.
Sidney van den Bergh and René Racine, 1981. Is LGS 2 a Local Group Galaxy? Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Vol. 93, p. 35

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