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      Sextans A (UGCA 205)
      Wallpaper author:
      James Fordice

      16 Jun 2025

      Sextans A (UGCA 205)

      Sextans A (UGCA 205, PGC 29653, DDO 75) is either a member of the Local Group or the Antlia-Sextans group which is on the edge of the Local Group. It is a small irregular dwarf galaxy.


      From the perspective of earth Sextans A is almost square. The clusters of blue stars indicate active star formation.


      It is located about 4.4 million LY from earth. Its magnitude is 11. It is about 5,000 LY across.


      Its type is IBm

      * I = irregular

      * B = barred

      * m = no bulge component

      Dataset from which the image was processed

      UGCA 205

      5 credit

      Open
      Telescope Live
      CHI-1-CCD

      Sextans A (UGCA 205)