Leo A
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{{Infobox Galaxy
| name = Leo A
| image = [[Image:Leo A irregular galaxy.jpg|300px]]
| epoch = [[J2000]]
| type = IBm<ref name="ned">{{cite web
| title=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database
| work=Results for Leo A
| url=http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/
| accessdate=2006-11-19 }}</ref>
| ra = {{RA|09|59|26.4}}<ref name="ned" />
| dec = {{DEC|+30|44|47}}<ref name="ned" />
| dist_ly = [[1 E22 m|2.25 ± 0.20]] [[light-year|Mly]] (690 ± 60 [[parsec|kpc]])<ref name="karachentsevetal2004">{{cite journal
| author=I. D. Karachentsev, V. E. Karachentseva, W. K. Hutchmeier, D. I. Makarov
| title=A Catalog of Neighboring Galaxies
| journal=Astronomical Journal
| year=2004
| volume=127
| pages=2031–2068
| url=http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2004AJ....127.2031K
| doi=10.1086/382905}}</ref><ref name="Karachentsevetal2006">{{cite journal
| author=Karachentsev, I. D.; Kashibadze, O. G.
| title=Masses of the local group and of the M81 group estimated from distortions in the local velocity field
| journal=Astrophysics
| year=2006
| volume=49
| issue=1
| pages=3–18
| url=http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?bibcode=2006Ap.....49....3K
| doi=10.1007/s10511-006-0002-6 }}</ref>
| z = 24 ± 0 [[kilometer|km]]/[[second|s]]<ref name="ned" />
| appmag_v = 12.9<ref name="ned" />
| size_v = 5′.1 × 3′.1<ref name="ned" />
| constellation name = [[Leo (constellation)|Leo]]
| names = Leo III, [[Uppsala General Catalogue|UGC]] 5364, [[David Dunlap Observatory Catalogue|DDO]] 69, [[Principal Galaxies Catalogue|PGC]] 28868<ref name="ned" />
}}
'''Leo A''' ( also known as Leo III ) is an [[irregular galaxy|irregular]] [[galaxy]] that is part of the [[Local Group]]. It lies [[1 E22 m|2.25]] [[light-year|Mly]] from [[Earth]].
==References==
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==External links==
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[[Category:Dwarf galaxies]]
[[Category:Irregular galaxies]]
[[Category:Leo constellation]]
[[Category:UGC objects|05364]]
[[Category:PGC objects|28868]]
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