Talk:Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy

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Very on the ball! User:Wetman

I got some information for the table at [1] --BrendanRyan 14:41, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

1 Dwarf galaxy?
2 Request for Additional Information
3 Where's that line?
4 New Dwarf Galaxy mergeing with Milky Way
5 overdensity is a warping of the disc and not a dwarf galaxy?
6 Images?

[edit] Dwarf galaxy?

The opening mentions that it's a Dwarf galaxy, but that article says a dwarf galaxy consists of around 10 million stars (compared to the Milky Way which has 200-400 million), whereas this article states Canis Major may contain 1 billion (10 million × 100) stars, which is considerably larger than the Milky Way itself, let alone a "dwarf" galaxy. — Vystrix Nexoth 08:13, Nov 22, 2004 (UTC)

The problem is that the Dwarf galaxy page needs some serious cleanup and contains factual errors. The Milky Way has 200-400 billion stars, not million, and there are globular clusters that contain more than 10 million stars; I'm not sure, but I imagine a dwarf galaxy could range up to 10 billion stars. Neurophyre 18:19, 27 Nov 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Request for Additional Information

Some additional information on this galaxy - especially on the Monoceros Ring, briefly referred to in this article - would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Brasswatchman July 31, 2005. 11:23 AM EST.

[edit] Where's that line?

The table has the line Constellation {{{constellation name}}} and I can't see it when editing the article.--BrendanRyan 08:36, 20 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] New Dwarf Galaxy mergeing with Milky Way

Does the January 2006 discovery of the drawrf galaxy merging with ours count as a closer galaxy? See Milky Way article. WilliamKF 20:24, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

This refers to the Virgo Stellar Stream