Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Chamaeleon (Cha)
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Eridanus 3 - Dwarf galaxy or Globular cluster?, Fabian Rodriguez Frustaglia
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Eridanus 3 - Dwarf galaxy or Globular cluster?

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Eridanus 3 - Dwarf galaxy or Globular cluster?, Fabian Rodriguez Frustaglia
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Eridanus 3 - Dwarf galaxy or Globular cluster?

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In my quest to image as many Globular Clusters as possible, I went for another obscure one in the constellation Eridanus...

Till I read this article: http://www.sci-news.com/astronomy/science-nine-new-satellites-milky-way-galaxy-02579.html

Then, I discovered that my Gb, Eridanus 3, is in fact an ultra-faint galaxy at 290,000 light-years away.

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