Cosmic Exploration · galaxy
Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal
Dwarf spheroidal · 65 thousand ly
- Morphology
- Dwarf spheroidal
- Type
- Galaxy
- Dec (deg)
- -30.5453
- Distance from Earth
- 65000
- Diameter (ly)
- 10000
- RA (deg)
- 283.8292
- Subgroup
- Milky Way
- Coordinates
- 18h 55m 19.0s −30° 32′ 43.1″ · NAME SDG via Sc
Notes
Caught mid-destruction: it is passing through the Milky Way's disc and being pulled into a stream of stars that wraps right around the sky. Found only in 1994, because it is behind the galactic centre.
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