Andromeda II

Andromeda II — galaxy, shown live in Cosmoscope, a real-time 3D map of the universe.

A satellite of Andromeda whose stars still spin with the fossil signature of two smaller dwarfs that merged long ago.

Type
Dwarf spheroidal
Distance
2.1 million light-years
Note
Shows signs of a past dwarf–dwarf merger

Seeing Andromeda II in real time

Andromeda II is placed at its true position on the sky and at its real measured distance, not as a flat backdrop. Fly out from the Sun in the live 3D view and watch it change from a point of light into structure as you approach, with the scale bar showing just how far out you have travelled.

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