Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxies

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Nov 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000eaa..booke2616m&link_type=abstract

"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 2616. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Galaxies, Galactic Models And Concepts

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Our galaxy, the MILKY WAY, is surrounded by a swarm of dwarf galaxies each composed of 100 000 to billions of stars. Many of these galaxies are easy to see; for example, the MAGELLANIC CLOUDS are visible to the naked eye for observers in the Southern Hemisphere. Many of the dwarfs are far more difficult to spot; some of these were discovered telescopically in the nineteenth century. One class o...

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