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Table 1

Basic properties of the observed LG dwarfs.

Galaxy Other Type Optical position Apparent Linear Distance
Name Name α2000 δ2000 size [′] size [kpc] [kpc]

Aquarius DDO 210 dIrr 20h46m518  −12°50′52 5 2.2  ×  1.1 0.61  ×  0.30 940
GR 8 DDO 155 dIrr 12h58m404 +14°13′02 9 1.1  ×  1 0.70  ×  0.64 2200
IC 1613 DDO 8 Irr 01h04m478 +02°07′04 0 16.2  ×  14.5 3.44  ×  3.08 730
NGC 6822 DDO 209 Irr 19h44m566  −14°47′21 4 15.5  ×  13.5 2.25  ×  1.96 500
WLM DDO 221 Irr 00h01m582  −15°27′39 3 11.5  ×  4 3.08  ×  1.07 920
IC 10 UGC 192 Irr 00h20m173 +59°18′13 6 6.8  ×  5.9 1.31  ×  1.13 660
LGS 3 PGC 3792 dIrr/dSph 01h03m550 +21°53′06 0 2  ×  2 0.36  ×  0.36 620
SagDIG PGC 63287 dIrr 19h30m000  −17°40′41 3 2.9  ×  2.1 0.88  ×  0.64 1040
Sextans A DDO 75 dIrr 10h11m008  −04°41′34 0 5.9  ×  4.9 2.26  ×  1.88 1320
Sextans B DDO 70 dIrr 10h00m001 +05°19′56 0 5.1  ×  3.5 2.02  ×  1.39 1360
Leo A DDO 69 dIrr 09h59m265 +30°44′47 0 5.1  ×  3.1 1.03  ×  0.62 690
Pegasus DDO216 dIrr/dSph 23h28m363 +14°44′34 5 5  ×  2.7 1.11  ×  0.60 760

Notes. 

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Data from Mateo (1998); Karachentsev (2005); and the NED database.

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