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dwarf galaxy

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dwarf galaxy [′dwȯrf ′gal·ik·sē]
(astronomy)
An elliptical galaxy with low mass and low luminosity, having at most a few tens of millions of stars.
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Astronomers think the Sagittarius dwarf galaxy will give the Milky Way more than 100,000,000 stars.
Discovering a new galaxy: the milky way is tearing it apart by Croswell, Ken / Highlights for Children
While the first scenario features an encounter between two dwarf galaxies far from giants like the Milky Way, with the dwarf spheroidal later accreted into the Milky Way, the second scenario simulates an encounter between a dwarf galaxy and the forming Milky Way in the early universe.
Dancing helps galaxies lose weight! by Asian News International
html) and the current view is that this massive globular cluster, one of the oldest objects in the Milky Way, may be a dwarf galaxy stripped of its outer stars.
Two great globular clusters--north versus south by Moore, Stewart L. / Journal of the British Astronomical Association
 
 
 
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