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Sextans B
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Sextans
Right ascension 10h 00m 00.1s[1]
Declination +05° 19„ 56“[1]
Redshift 300 ± 0 km/s[1]
Distance 4.44 ± 0.23 Mly (1.36 ± 0.07 Mpc)[2][3]
Type ImIV-V[1]
Apparent dimensions (V) 5-.1 × 3-.5[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 11.9[1]
Other designations
UGC 5373,[1] PGC 28913,[1] DDO 70,[1] Sex B[1]
See also: Galaxy, List of galaxies

Sextans B ( UGC 5373, DDO 70 ) is an irregular galaxy that is part of the Local Group. Sextans B lies 4.44 Mly from Earth, and thus Sextans B is one of most distant members of Local Group.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for Sex B. Retrieved on 2006-12-13.
  2. ^ I. D. Karachentsev, V. E. Karachentseva, W. K. Hutchmeier, D. I. Makarov (2004). "A Catalog of Neighboring Galaxies". Astronomical Journal 127: 2031-2068. doi:10.1086/382905. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2004AJ....127.2031K. 
  3. ^ Karachentsev, I. D.; Kashibadze, O. G. (2006). "Masses of the local group and of the M81 group estimated from distortions in the local velocity field". Astrophysics 49 (1): 3-18. doi:10.1007/s10511-006-0002-6. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query-bibcode=2006Ap.....49....3K. 

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