The Sculptor dwarf galaxy

The Sculptor dwarf galaxy is one of our Milky Way’s neighbouring dwarf galaxies. The Milky Way is, like all large galaxies, thought to have formed from smaller galaxies in the early days of the Universe.  These small galaxies should also contain many very old stars, just as the Milky Way does, and a team of astronomers has now shown that this is indeed the case. This image was composed from data from the Digitized Sky Survey 2.

Kredit:

ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2

O snímku

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Typ:Pozorování
Datum zveřejnění:17. února 2010 12:00
Související články:eso1007
Velikost:5000 x 5000 px

O objektu

Jméno:Sculptor Dwarf Galaxy
Typ:Local Universe : Galaxy : Size : Dwarf
Vzdálenost:11 milion světelné roky
Constellation:Sculptor
Kategorie:Galaxies

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Souřadnice

Position (RA):1 0 9.36
Position (Dec):-33° 42' 31.47"
Field of view:83.92 x 83.92 arcminutes
Orientace:Sever je 1.4° levá od svislé osy

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445 nmDigitized Sky Survey 2
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658 nmDigitized Sky Survey 2