Pegasus Dwarf (DDO 216)

Pegasus Dwarf (DDO 216) — galaxy, explore its interactive 3D model in Cosmoscope.

Explore Pegasus Dwarf (DDO 216) in an interactive 3D view of space. See its catalogue position, distance and astronomical facts.

A dwarf caught mid-transformation — once an irregular, now nearly out of gas and fading toward a quiet spheroidal old age.

Type

Transition dwarf (dIrr/dSph)

Distance

3.0 million light-years

Explore Pegasus Dwarf (DDO 216) in 3D

Pegasus Dwarf (DDO 216) 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.