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Leo II

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galaxy

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Within Vinony's link graph, Leo II is referenced by 279 other articles, and connects out to Milky Way, Galactic Center of Milky Way and star.

Vinony files it under Astronomical objects discovered in 1950, Dwarf elliptical galaxies and Leo (constellation).

Its subject is documented across 22 Wikipedia language editions.

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type
G
Redshift
z = 0.0002602138498772888
Morphology
dSphun
Coordinates
RA 168.3672° · Dec 22.1528°
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Wikidata facts

Instance of
galaxy
Constellation
Leo
Parent body
Milky Way
Distance from Earth
0.20
Image
LG Leo II (26422781005).jpg
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Commons category
Leo II (dwarf galaxy)
apparent magnitude
9.83
time of discovery or invention
1950-01-01
discoverer or inventor
Albert George Wilson
epoch
J2000.0
redshift
0.000300
galaxy morphological type
dSphun
right ascension
168.367208
declination
22.152806
radial velocity
78.0
catalog code
Z 1110.8+2226
metallicity
-1.70
declination component of proper motion
-0.033
right ascension component of proper motion
0.104
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