A Snake in the Clouds: A New Dwarf Galaxy in the Magellanic Bridge
Astronomers using the Dark Energy Camera on the CTIO Blanco telescope have detected a new dwarf galaxy in the stream of gas linking the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds. The new galaxy, Hydrus 1, located in the “water snake” constellation, may have been brought to the Milky Way by the Magellanic Clouds.
Credit:T. Abbott & NOAO/AURA/NSF (left); Koposov et al. 2018 (right)
About the Image
| Id: | noaoann18004a |
| Type: | Collage |
| Release date: | May 8, 2018 |
| Related announcements: | noaoann18004 |
| Size: | 1988 x 800 px |
About the Object
| Category: | Galaxies |
