Boötes I Dwarf Galaxy
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Jump to navigationJump to searchThe Boötes Dwarf Galaxy (Boo I dSph) is a galaxy, which appears faint, with an absolute magnitude of –5.8. It lies about 197 kilolight-years (60.4 kiloparsecs) away. This dwarf spheroidal galaxy appears to be tidally disrupted by the Milky Way Galaxy, which it orbits, and has two stellar tails that cross over to form a cross. Tidally disrupted galaxies usually only form one tail.
