Draco Dwarf

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

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

A few hundred thousand faint stars bound by far more dark matter than light — one of the most dark-matter-dominated objects ever measured.

Type

Dwarf spheroidal

Distance

250,000 light-years

Note

One of the most dark-matter-dominated galaxies known

Explore Draco Dwarf in 3D

Draco 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.