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Leo dwarf comparison table

Subject	has distance from galaxy center	has definition
Leo I	890000 light-years	The most distant galaxy that orbits the Milky Way. It is close to the bright star Regulus, whose glare interferes with the study of the galaxy.
Leo II	720000 light-years	The second most distant galaxy that orbits the Milky Way. Like Leo I, Leo II is a dwarf galaxy that was discovered in 1950.

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