Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Minor (UMi)
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The Ursa Minor Spheroidal Dwarf Galaxy (UGC9749), Kees Scherer
The Ursa Minor Spheroidal Dwarf Galaxy (UGC9749)
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The Ursa Minor Spheroidal Dwarf Galaxy (UGC9749)

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The Ursa Minor Spheroidal Dwarf Galaxy (UGC9749), Kees Scherer
The Ursa Minor Spheroidal Dwarf Galaxy (UGC9749)
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The Ursa Minor Spheroidal Dwarf Galaxy (UGC9749)

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The Ursa Minor Dwarf Spheriodal Galaxy is the faintest known member of the local group of Galaxies with a surface brightness of 25.5 V-mag/arcsec^2. (ref 3). Distance is 225000 lightyears (ref 1)

RA: 15h09m08.5 / Dec: +67d13m21

Imaged on 4,5,6,10 & 11 May, 2018

ref 1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursa_Minor_Dwarf

ref2 ) https://www.space.com/15619-faintest-globular-star-cluster.html

ref3) https://arxiv.org/pdf/astro-ph/0206144.pdf

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The Ursa Minor Spheroidal Dwarf Galaxy (UGC9749), Kees Scherer

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