IC 10

IC 10 — galaxy, shown live in Cosmoscope, a real-time 3D map of the universe.

The Local Group’s lone starburst — a small galaxy ablaze with new stars and one of the densest known concentrations of Wolf–Rayet stars, half-hidden behind the Milky Way.

Type
Starburst irregular (dIrr)
Distance
2.2 million light-years
Note
The Local Group’s only starburst dwarf

Seeing IC 10 in real time

IC 10 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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