Cetus Dwarf

Cetus Dwarf — galaxy, explore its interactive 3D model in Cosmoscope.

Explore Cetus Dwarf in an interactive 3D view of space. See its catalogue position, distance and astronomical facts.

A rare free-floating spheroidal: old and gasless like a satellite, yet orbiting neither the Milky Way nor Andromeda, alone in the middle of the Local Group.

Type

Dwarf spheroidal

Distance

2.5 million light-years

Note

Isolated — bound to no large galaxy

Explore Cetus Dwarf in 3D

Cetus Dwarf is placed in three-dimensional space using catalogue coordinates and an adopted astronomical distance. Rotate and zoom to explore the model. Stellar surfaces, gas structure and dust depths may be reconstructed or illustrative, as described in its facts; this is not live imagery from a telescope.