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dwarf spheroidal galaxy

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dwarf spheroidal galaxy [¦dwȯrf sfir¦ȯid·əl ′gal·ik·sē]
(astronomy)
One of the smallest and faintest of the dwarf galaxies, with an effective radius of 200-1000 parsecs and an absolute visual magnitude between -8 and -13.
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Spitzer Space Telescope spectral observations of AGB stars in the Fornax dwarf spheroidal galaxy.
University of Cape Town: Astronomy Department--2007 annual report by Monthly Notes of the Astronomical Society of Southern Africa
Based on this evidence, "I immediately jumped to the conclusion that this was a dwarf spheroidal galaxy," Irwin says.
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