Sextans Dwarf Spheroid
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Sextans Dwarf Spheroid
The Sextans Dwarf Spheroid is a dwarf spheroidal galaxy that was discovered in 1990 by Mike Irwin as the 8th satellite of the Milky Way, located in the constellation of Sextans. It is also an elliptical galaxy, and displays a redshift because it is receding from the Sun at 224 km/s (72 km/s from the Galaxy). The distance to the galaxy is 320,000 light-years and the diameter is 8,400 light-years along its major axis.
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The image of this Galaxy was captured at the Wilson Coulee Observatory using my 4″ refractor, using a 5 long exposure stacked images.
| Observation Log Information | |
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| Log Index: | 1098 |
| Session: | 276 |
| Date: | 2015-05-20 |
| Equipment: | 110mmDoublet EP APO – PF Canon 60D |
| Location: | ABWCO |
Keywords: Sextans Dwarf Spheroid
February 18, 2024
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Roger Nelson
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