NGC 3109

NGC 3109

Credit: DESI LIS, Giuseppe Donatiello

 

NGC 3109 is an irregular dwarf galaxy at 1.33 Mpc (4.3 milion light years) in Hydra. This puts it at the very outskirts of the Local Group.

 

Acknowledgment

Data from DECam Legacy Survey (g, r, z filters) obtained at the Blanco Telescope, Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, NSF’s NOIRLab.

Acknowledgments: Legacy Surveys / D. Lang (Perimeter Institute)

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