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📍 Pegasus Dwarf spheroidal galaxy
➡️ 2.7 million light-years
🏠 Pegasus constellation

Welcome to a mini galaxy in our neck of the universe. This is one of at least 13 dwarf galaxies that orbit the massive Andromeda Galaxy, which is our Milky Way’s closest grand spiral neighbor.

Dwarf spheroidal galaxies like this one are some of the dimmest and least massive galaxies known! They’re usually dominated by older and “middle-aged” stars, and don’t contain much gas.

Image credit: NASA, ESA, and D. Weisz (University of California - Berkeley); Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America)

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