Sagittarius Dwarf Irregular

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

A remote, pristine scrap of a galaxy — its stars are so poor in heavy elements that it offers a glimpse of the early, unenriched universe.

Type
Irregular dwarf (IB(s)m)
Distance
3.5 million light-years
Note
One of the most metal-poor galaxies known

Seeing Sagittarius Dwarf Irregular in real time

Sagittarius Dwarf Irregular 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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