Leo II

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

A small, round ball of old stars far out in the Milky Way’s halo, almost spherical and almost entirely ancient.

Type
Dwarf spheroidal
Distance
760,000 light-years

Seeing Leo II in real time

Leo 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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