The Canis Major Overdensity (CMa Overdensity) or Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy (CMa Dwarf) is a disputed dwarf irregular galaxy in the Local Group, located...
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Wolf–Rayet star embedded within it. In 2003, an overdensity of stars in the region was announced to be the Canis Major Dwarf, the closest satellite galaxy to Earth...
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Large Magellanic Cloud (redirect from Nubecula Major)
light-years) away) and the possible dwarf irregular galaxy called the Canis Major Overdensity. Based on the D25 isophote at the B-band (445 nm wavelength of...
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Lissa R.; Abad, Carlos (2009). "No Excess of RR Lyrae Stars in the Canis Major Overdensity". The Astronomical Journal. 37 (5): 4412–23. arXiv:0903.0376. Bibcode:2009AJ...
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a spinoff of the German science fiction series Perry Rhodan. Canis Major Overdensity Fimbulthul stream Mayall II Messier 54 NGC 5286 Sagittarius Dwarf...
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Messier 79 (category Canis Major Overdensity)
be native to the Milky Way galaxy at all, but instead to the putative Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy, which is currently experiencing a very close encounter...
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NGC 2808 (category Canis Major Overdensity)
NGC 2808 is a globular cluster in the constellation Carina. The cluster currently belongs to the Milky Way, although it was likely stolen from a dwarf...
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Monoceros Ring (category Canis Major Overdensity)
times. This is proposed to consist of a stellar stream torn from the Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy by tidal forces as part of the process of merging with the...
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Arp-Madore 2 (category Canis Major Overdensity)
Arp-Madore 2 (also known as AM 2) is an open cluster of stars in the constellation of Puppis. It is almost 30,000 light-years away and about 5 billion...
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2001 Virgo stream Defunct dwarf galaxy 30,000 2001 Monoceros ring Canis Major Overdensity 100 million 200,000 Intermediate age stars 2002 Anticenter stream...
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appear non-circular and are thus typically given two measures of diameter: major axis and minor axis. For example, the Small Magellanic Cloud has a visual...
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Catelan, Márcio (December 31, 2020). "A revised view of the Canis Major stellar overdensity with DECam and Gaia : new evidence of a stellar warp of blue...
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Virgo Stellar Stream (redirect from Virgo Overdensity)
The Virgo Stellar Stream, also known as Virgo Overdensity, is the proposed name for a stellar stream in the constellation of Virgo which was discovered...
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Cloud 2 61 −16.8 Irr prehistoric Canes Venatici I 1.1 220 −8.6 dSph 2006 Canis Major Dwarf 1.5 8 −14.4 Irr 2003 Boötes III 1.0 46 −5.75 dSph? 2009 Sculptor...
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irregular satellites of the Milky Way include the Small Magellanic Cloud, Canis Major Dwarf, and the newly discovered Antlia 2. Dwarf elliptical satellite...
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process of cannibalizing the Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy and the Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy. Stars are created within galaxies from a reserve of cold...
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(2017-03-01). "Discovery of an Enormous Lyα Nebula in a Massive Galaxy Overdensity at z = 2.3". The Astrophysical Journal. 837 (1): 71. arXiv:1609.04021...
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Venatici II Canis Major Carina Coma Berenices Crater 2 Draco Eridanus II Fornax Hercules Leo I Leo II Leo IV Leo V Leo T Phoenix Pisces Overdensity Pisces...
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