Tucana Dwarf

Tucana Dwarf — galaxy, explore its interactive 3D model in Cosmoscope.

Explore Tucana Dwarf in an interactive 3D view of space. See its catalogue position, distance and astronomical facts.

A remote, ancient spheroidal stranded at the southern edge of the Local Group — far from any large galaxy, yet long ago stripped of its gas.

Type

Dwarf spheroidal

Distance

2.9 million light-years

Note

A lonely old dwarf on the Local Group’s far edge

Explore Tucana Dwarf in 3D

Tucana Dwarf 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.