Triangulum II
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02h 13m 17.4s, +36° 10′ 42.4″ Lua error in Module:Infobox at line 235: malformed pattern (missing ']'). Triangulum II (Tri II or Laevens 2) is a dwarf galaxy close to the Milky Way Galaxy. It contains only 1000 stars, yet is quite massive, having a solar mass to light ratio of 3600.[2] This is an unusually high mass for such a small galaxy.[3]
The distance from the centre of the Milky Way is 26 kpc (85 kly). The luminosity is 450 times that of the Sun.[2] This makes it one of the dimmest known galaxies.[2] The 2D half light radius is 34 pc (110 ly). The galaxy was discovered in images taken by Pan-STARRS by Benjamin P. M. Laevens in 2015.[1][2]
Triangulum II is a candidate for detecting WIMPs as a source of dark matter.[3]
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