BOUNDLESS EXPANSE 3D

Sextans Dwarf Galaxy

DWARF GALAXY · barely there
Sextans Dwarf Galaxy
AI illustration of the real object
DISTANCE about 290,000 light yearsSURFACE BRIGHTNESS among the lowest known

A galaxy so diffuse it was only discovered in 1990, hiding in plain sight: its stars are spread so thinly that it barely registers against the background sky. Dozens of such ghost galaxies likely orbit the Milky Way still undiscovered. The sky keeps secrets even this close to home.

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