Media Information
 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
Title:
The Aquarius Dwarf
Explanation:
Our Milky Way Galaxy [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] is not alone. It is part of a gathering of about 50 galaxies known as the Local Group [ http://www.seds.org…]. Members include the Great Andromeda Galaxy [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] (M31), M32 [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…], M33 [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…], the Large Magellanic Cloud [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…], the Small Magellanic Cloud [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…], Dwingeloo 1 [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…], several small irregular galaxies [ http://www.seds.org…], and many dwarf elliptical [ http://nedwww.ipac.…] and dwarf spheroidal galaxies [ http://www.astro.uu…]. Pictured above is the Aquarius Dwarf [ http://www.seds.org…], a faint dwarf irregular galaxy over 3 million light years [ http://chandra.harv…] away. An earlier [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] APOD [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] erroneously identified [ http://www.solstati…] the above image as the Sagittarius Dwarf [ http://www.seds.org…].
Credit and Copyright:
A. Oksanen [ http://www.co.jyu.f…], 2.6 meter Nordic Optical Telescope [ http://www.not.iac.…]
facet_where:
Milky Way Galaxy
facet_where:
Dwingeloo 1
facet_where:
M31
facet_where:
Andromeda Galaxy
facet_where:
Large Magellanic Cloud
facet_where:
Small Magellanic Cloud
facet_where:
M32
facet_where:
M33
facet_where:
Aquarius Dwarf
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_what:
Andromeda
facet_what:
Sagittarius
facet_what:
Aquarius
facet_what:
dwarf
original url:
http://antwrp.gsfc.…
UID:
SPD-APOD-ap030727

The Aquarius Dwarf
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