Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Carina (Car)
Carina Dwarf, Joe
Carina Dwarf
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Carina Dwarf

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The Carina Dwarf Spheroidal only discovered in 1977 is a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way.

A dim and diffuse galaxy at 300,000ly distance shows its appearance by a scattering of very faint stars across the central part of this 25 x 25 min. field of view image.

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Carina Dwarf, Joe