Ursa Minor Dwarf

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

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

An elongated wisp of a galaxy made almost entirely of stars over 10 billion years old — it has formed nothing new in a very long time.

Type

Dwarf spheroidal

Distance

250,000 light-years

Note

Almost purely ancient stars

Explore Ursa Minor Dwarf in 3D

Ursa Minor 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.