(Figure copyright: Helmut Jerjen. Acknowledgment: Jerjen, H., 2010, PASA, 29, 383).
NAME | DISTANCE (kpc) | DISCOVERY PAPER
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Canes Major | 7.2 | Martin et al. 2004,
A dwarf galaxy remnant in Canis Major: the fossil of an in-plane accretion on to the Milky Way
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Segue 3 | 17 | Belokurov et al. 2010,
Big Fish, Little Fish: Two New Ultra-Faint Satellites of the Milky Way
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Segue 1 | 23 | Belokurov et al. 2007,
Cats and Dogs, Hair and A Hero: A Quintet of New Milky Way Companions
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Sagittarius | 24 | Ibata, Gilmore & Irwin,
1994, A dwarf satellite galaxy in Sagittarius
1995, Sagittarius: the nearest dwarf galaxy
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Segue 2 | 34.7 | Belokurov et al. 2009,
The discovery of Segue 2: a prototype of the population of satellitesof satellites
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Bootes II | 43 | Walsh, Jerjen & Willman, 2007,
A Pair of Bootes: A New Milky Way Satellite
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Coma | 44 | Belokurov et al. 2007,
Cats and Dogs, Hair and A Hero: A Quintet of New Milky Way Companions
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Willman 1 (SDSSJ1049+5103) | 45 | Willman et al. 2005,
A New Milky Way Companion: Unusual Globular Cluster or Extreme Dwarf Satellite?
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Bootes III | 46 | Grillmair 2009,
Four New Stellar Debris Streams in the Galactic Halo
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LMC | 50.8 | -
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SMC | 59.7 | -
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Bootes | 60 | Belokurov et al. 2006,
A Faint New Milky Way Satellite in Bootes
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Ursa Minor | 66 | A.G. Wilson of the Lowell Observatory in 1955,
Sculptor-Type Systems in the Local Group of Galaxies
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Sculptor (Scl) | 79 | discovered in 1938 by Harlow Shapley,
A Stellar System of a New Type
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Draco | 82 | A.G. Wilson of the Lowell Observatory in 1955,
Sculptor-Type Systems in the Local Group of Galaxies
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Sextans | 89 | Mike Irwin, M.T. Bridgeland, P.S. Bunclark and R.G. McMahon, 1990
A new satellite galaxy of the Milky Way in the constellation of Sextans
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Ursa Major (UMa) | 100 | Willman et al. 2005,
A New Milky Way Dwarf Galaxy in Ursa Major
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Carina | 103 | Cannon, R. D., Hawarden, T. G., & Tritton, S. B., 1977,
A new Sculptor-type dwarf elliptical galaxy in Carina
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Hercules | 140 | Belokurov et al. 2007,
Cats and Dogs, Hair and A Hero: A Quintet of New Milky Way Companions
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Fornax | 140 | discovered in 1938 by Harlow Shapley,
described in "Two Stellar Systems of a New Kind", Nature, Vol. 142, p. 715
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Canes Venatici II | 150 |
Sakamoto & Hasegawa 2006,
Discovery of a Faint Old Stellar System at 150 kpc
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Leo IV | 160 | Belokurov et al. 2007,
Cats and Dogs, Hair and A Hero: A Quintet of New Milky Way Companions
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Pisces II | 182 | Belokurov et al. 2010,
Big Fish, Little Fish: Two New Ultra-Faint Satellites of The Milky Way
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Leo II (Leo B) | 208 | Robert G. Harrington and Albert George Wilson, 1950,
Two New Stellar Systems in Leo
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Canes Venatici | 220 | Zucker et al. 2006
A New Milky Way Dwarf Satellite in Canes Venatici
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Leo I | 254 | Robert G. Harrington and Albert George Wilson, 1950,
Two New Stellar Systems in Leo
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