Okroy Cloud

Intergalactic dust cloud in the constellation Virgo discovered in 1988

Okroy Cloud

Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Virgo
Right ascension	12h 50m
Declination	22°
Distance	?
Apparent magnitude (V)	?
Absolute magnitude (V)	?
Characteristics
Type	intergalactic dust cloud
Apparent size (V)	30° × 10°
Other designations
none

The Okroy Cloud, is an intergalactic dust cloud near the Milky Way. Its intergalactic nature was first studied by Bogdan Wszolek and Solvia Massi in 1988.^[1]

References

^ Wszolek, Bogdan; Rudnicki, Konrad; Masi, Silvia; De Bernardis, Paolo; Salvi, Antonio (1989-02-01). "Far-infrared emission from an intergalactic dust cloud?". Astrophysics and Space Science. 152 (1): 29–34. Bibcode:1989Ap&SS.152...29W. doi:10.1007/BF00645983. ISSN 1572-946X. S2CID 115391909.

Milky Way

Location

Milky Way → Milky Way subgroup → Local Group → Local Sheet → Virgo Supercluster → Laniakea Supercluster → Local Hole → Observable universe → Universe
Each arrow (→) may be read as "within" or "part of".

Structure

Galactic Center	Sagittarius A Sagittarius A* Fermi bubbles Supermassive black hole
Disk	Carina–Sagittarius Norma–Cygnus Orion–Cygnus Perseus Scutum–Centaurus Near 3 kpc Arm Far 3 kpc Arm
Halo	Aquarius Stream Fimbulthul stream Gaia Sausage Helmi stream Magellanic Stream Monoceros Ring Palomar 5 stream Pisces-Eridanus stream Sagittarius Stream Virgo Stream

Satellite
galaxies

Magellanic Clouds	Large Magellanic Cloud Small Magellanic Cloud Magellanic Bridge
Dwarfs	Antlia II Boötes I Boötes II Boötes III Canes Venatici I Canes Venatici II Canis Major Carina Coma Berenices Crater 2 Draco Eridanus II Fornax Hercules Leo I Leo II Leo IV Leo V Leo T Phoenix Pisces Overdensity Pisces II Reticulum II Sagittarius Spheroidal Segue 1 Segue 2 Sculptor Sextans Triangulum II Ursa Major I Ursa Major II Ursa Major III Ursa Minor Virgo I Willman 1

Magellanic Clouds

Dwarfs