Sextans Dwarf

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

A sprawling, exceptionally diffuse cloud of ancient stars — so spread out it went unnoticed until 1990 despite its size.

Type
Dwarf spheroidal
Distance
280,000 light-years
Note
Very large and diffuse for its faintness

Seeing Sextans Dwarf in real time

Sextans Dwarf 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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