Reticulum II (or Reticulum 2) is a dwarf galaxy in the Local Group. Reticulum II was discovered in 2015 by analysing images from the Dark Energy Survey. It is a satellite of the Magellanic Clouds and was probably captured relatively recently.[3] Like other dwarf spheroidal galaxies, its stellar population is old: the galaxy was quenched before 11.5 billion years ago.[3]
Reticulum II is elongated, having an major/minor axis ratio of 0.6. The size is given by a half-light radius of 15 parsecs (pc). This is too large for it to be a globular cluster. The absolute magnitude (MV) of the galaxy is −2.7. The distance from Earth is about 30 kpc.[2] The galaxy contains some blue horizontal branch stars. Other features visible are a main sequence, and a main sequence turn off, and a red giant branch.[1][4] It has an unusual enhancement of r-process elements, meaning that gold and europium are enriched in the brightest stars in the galaxy.[5] About 72% of its stars are enriched in r-process elements.[2] The implication of the unusual enrichment in elements heavier than zinc, is that the r-process is very rare, and only happened once in this galaxy, possibly by the collision of two neutron stars.[6]
Gamma rays mostly with energies between 2 and 10 GeV have been detected by the Fermi satellite.[7] The radiation from Reticulum II is more significant than that of other dwarf galaxy emissions.[8] However this finding has been contested.[9]
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