Leo V Dwarf Galaxy

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Leo V Dwarf Galaxy is a faint, small satellite galaxy of the Milky Way located in the constellation Leo and classified as an ultra-faint dwarf spheroidal galaxy.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Leo V Dwarf Galaxy canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (28)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dwarf spheroidal galaxy
ultra-faint dwarf galaxy
belongsToClass Milky Way ultra-faint dwarf satellites
discoveredBy SDSS (Sloan Digital Sky Survey) team
discoveredUsing Sloan Digital Sky Survey
hasAlternativeName Leo 5
Leo V
hasAngularSize small
hasApparentMagnitude very faint
hasDarkMatterContent dark-matter-dominated
hasDistanceReferenceFrame from Earth
hasGalaxyType dSph
hasGasContent gas-poor
hasLuminosityClass ultra-faint
hasMetallicity low
hasMorphology spheroidal
hasNumberOfStars very low
hasShape roughly spherical
hasStarFormationActivity quiescent
hasStellarPopulation metal-poor
old
hasSurfaceBrightness low
isGravitationallyBoundTo Milky Way
isPartOf Milky Way satellite system
linked to: Milky Way
locatedInConstellation Leo
memberOf Local Group
observedIn optical wavelengths
satelliteOf Milky Way

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Milky Way subgroup hasMember Leo V Dwarf Galaxy
Leo IV Dwarf Galaxy isNearbyTo Leo V Dwarf Galaxy