Antlia II

GPTKB entity

Statements (32)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf dwarf spheroidal galaxy
gptkbp:apparentMagnitude 17
gptkbp:cataloguedIn gptkb:Gaia_Data_Release_2
gptkbp:constellation gptkb:Antlia
gptkbp:diameter ~2.9 kiloparsecs
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:Vasily_Belokurov
gptkb:N._W._Evans
A. D. Mackey
A. J. Deason
A. Koposov
E. Starkenburg
Gabriel Torrealba
J. PeƱarrubia
M. Belokurova
M. Collins
M. Gieles
M. Walker
M. Wilkinson
S. Zucker
Sergey E. Koposov
gptkbp:discoveredIn 2018
gptkbp:distanceFromEarth about 130,000 light-years
gptkbp:hasSatelliteCraters gptkb:Milky_Way
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Antlia II
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Milky_Way
gptkbp:mass ~10^7 solar masses
gptkbp:notableFor extremely low surface brightness
one of the largest known satellite galaxies of the Milky Way
gptkbp:stellarPopulation old, metal-poor stars
gptkbp:type ultra-diffuse galaxy
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Milky_Way_satellite_system
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7