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Dwarf irregular galaxy in the constellation Sextans From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sextans A (also known as UGCA 205) is a small dwarf irregular galaxy. It spans about 5000 light-years across, and is located at 4.3 million light-years away, in the outskirts of the Local Group of galaxies, which includes the Milky Way galaxy, and to which Sextans A may or may not belong.
Sextans A | |
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Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Sextans |
Right ascension | 10h 11m 00.8s[1] |
Declination | −04° 41′ 34″[1] |
Redshift | 324 ± 2 km/s[1] |
Distance | 4.31 ± 0.13 Mly (1.32 ± 0.04 Mpc)[2][3][4] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 11.9[1] |
Characteristics | |
Type | IBm[1] |
Apparent size (V) | 5.9′ × 4.9′[1] |
Notable features | Square in shape |
Other designations | |
UGCA 205,[1] DDO 75,[1] PGC 29653[1] |
Sextans A has a peculiar square shape. Massive short-lived stars exploded in supernovae that caused more star formation, triggering yet more supernovae, ultimately resulting in an expanding shell. Young blue stars now highlight areas and shell edges high in current star formation, which from the perspective of observers on Earth appears roughly square.[5] The 10.4 m telescope Gran Telescopio Canarias recently observed the OB-type stars that power the giant HII regions.[6]
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