Leo A

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

An isolated, gas-rich dwarf that did most of its star-forming late — over 90% of its stars are younger than the universe’s halfway mark.

Type
Irregular dwarf (IBm)
Distance
2.6 million light-years
Note
Almost all its stars are young

Seeing Leo A in real time

Leo A 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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