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Boötes 1, also known as Boo 1 dSph, Boo dSph, Boötes Satellite, Boötes Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy, Boötes dSph Galaxy and PGC 4713553, is a Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy located inside The Boötes Constellation(Herdsman Constellation, Plowman Constellation or Ox-Driver Constellation). Boötes 1 is located 197 thousand light years from Earth. Profile of Bootes 1 Not much is known about Boötes 1 except for the fact that it seems to disrupt the tidal flow of our galaxy, The Milky Way Galaxy. Boötes 1 is a faint galaxy with a luminosity of only 100,000 Solar Luminosity(L). Solar Lumonsity is the unit of radiant flux, which is The Power emitted in photon form, used by Astronomers to measure a stars, galaxies and other celestial object's lumonsity.
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