Canes Venatici II

RA:

12:57:10

Dec:

+34:19:15

Type:

dSph

RV:

Distance:

490 kly

Apparent Dimension:

3.0 x 2.1 arcmin

Diameter:

Brightness:

15.1 mag

Abs. Mag:

Mass:

Discovered by Belokurov et.al. 2006.

.. more to come soon ..

References:

• V. Berokurov, D.B. Zucker, N.W. Evans, J.T. Kleyna, S. Koposov, S.T. Hodgkin, M.J. Irwin, G. Gilmore, M.I. Wilkinson, M. Fellhauer, D.M. Bramich, P.C. Hewett, S. Vidrir, J.T.A. de Jong, J.A. Smith, H.-W. Rix, E.F. Bell, R.F.G. Wyse, H.J. Newberg, P.A. Mayeur, B. Yanny, C.M. Rockosi, O.Y. Gnedin, D.P. Schneider, T.C. Beers, J.C. Barentine, H. Brewington, J. Brinkmann, M. Harvanek, S.J. Kleinman, J. Krzesinski, D. Long, A. Nitta, S.A. Sneddon, 2007. Cats and Dogs, Hair and a Hero: A Quintet of New Milky Way Companions. Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 654, Issue 2, pp. 897-906 (January 2007) [ADS: 2007ApJ...654..897B] - [Preprint: astro-ph/0608448]

Last Modification: June 6, 2007