Holmberg IX

Dwarf irregular galaxy in the constellation of Ursa Major From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Holmberg IX

Holmberg IX is a dwarf irregular galaxy and a satellite galaxy of M81, located in the constellation of Ursa Major. It is of the Magellanic type of Galaxy as it is similar to the Small Magellanic Cloud, neighbour galaxy to Milky Way Galaxy.[3] The galaxy is named after Erik Holmberg who first described it though it was first found by Sidney van den Bergh.[3] Based on the observed age distribution of stars it contains, a whole 20% of its stellar mass formed within the last 200 Myr, making it the youngest nearby galaxy.[4] It is also home to one of two yellow supergiant eclipsing binary systems.[5][6]

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Holmberg IX
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Hubble Space Telescope Image of the dwarf irregular galaxy Holmberg IX
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationUrsa Major
Right ascension09h 57m 32.1s[1]
Declination+69° 02 46[1]
Distance12 Mly
(3.6 Mpc)[2]
Apparent magnitude (V)16.5[1]
Characteristics
TypedI[1]
Apparent size (V)1.41 ± 0.07[1]
Notable featuresSatellite galaxy of Messier 81
Other designations
UGC 5336, [B93] 17, DDO 66, 2E 0953.7+6918, 2E 2199, 1ES 0953+69.3, HIJASS J0957+69A, Holmberg IX, [IW2001] H42, [IW2001] P63, K68 62, LEDA 28757, Mailyan 48, MCG+12-10-012, [MI94] Im 62, SPB 118, PGC 28757
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