This week’s naked-eye object is the constellation Canis Major. This star pattern lies ... This week’s large telescope target is the Dusty Hand Galaxy. Astronomers refer to this object as ...
This wave-shaped chain of star-forming clouds is the largest coherent structure ever seen in our galaxy — 9,000 light-years from end to end, stretching across the night sky from Canis Major to ...
The closest known galaxy to Earth is the Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy, at 25,000 light years from the Sun. The Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy is the next closest, at 70,000 light years from the Sun.
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