Fornax Dwarf

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

The brightest Milky Way dwarf spheroidal — large enough to keep a retinue of six globular clusters, a puzzle for such a small galaxy.

Type
Dwarf spheroidal
Distance
480,000 light-years
Note
Hosts six globular clusters of its own

Seeing Fornax Dwarf in real time

Fornax Dwarf 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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