page_title: Ursa Minor Dwarf
hierarchical_section_title: Ursa Minor Dwarf
caption_attribution_description: Ursa Minor Dwarf Composite Public data/Giuseppe Donatiello J2000.0 RA 15h 09m 08.5s DEC +67° 13′ 21″ The Ursa Minor Dwarf is a dwarf spheroidal galaxy, discovered by A.G. Wilson of the Lowell Observatory, during the Palomar Sky Survey in 1955 in the Ursa Minor, and is a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way distant 225,000 light-years. The galaxy consists mainly of old stars and seems to house little to no ongoing star formation.
context_page_description: The Ursa Minor Dwarf is a dwarf spheroidal galaxy, discovered by A.G. Wilson of the Lowell Observatory, in the United States, during the Palomar Sky Survey in 1955. It appears in the Ursa Minor constellation, and is a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way. The galaxy consists mainly of older stars and seems to house little to no ongoing star formation. Its centre is around 225,000 light years distant from Earth.
context_section_description: The Ursa Minor Dwarf is a dwarf spheroidal galaxy, discovered by A.G. Wilson of the Lowell Observatory, in the United States, during the Palomar Sky Survey in 1955. It appears in the Ursa Minor constellation, and is a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way. The galaxy consists mainly of older stars and seems to house little to no ongoing star formation. Its centre is around 225,000 light years distant from Earth.
caption: Ursa Minor Dwarf imaged by Giuseppe Donatiello
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