Sextans B

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

A faint irregular near the far boundary of the Local Group, paired in the sky with Sextans A and the NGC 3109 group beyond.

Type
Irregular dwarf (ImIV-V)
Distance
4.4 million light-years
Note
Among the most distant Local Group members

Seeing Sextans B in real time

Sextans B 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.

Interactive universe A living map of the solar system
Interactive universe
Waking the solar system…