Deep-sky object
Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal
Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal is a dwarf spheroidal galaxy 80 400 light-years away, in Sagittarius, about 11 000 light-years across.
On the far side of the Milky Way's centre and being torn apart by it: its stars now trail right round our galaxy in a stream.
See it live
It is on the live 3D map, where it really is.
Key facts
- Type
- dwarf spheroidal galaxy
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Distance
- 80 400 light-years
- Size
- about 11 000 light-years across
- Brightness from Earth
- magnitude 4.5
See it from here
Bright enough to see with your own eyes from a dark place.
How the map draws it
Drawn as a soft glow in the manner of its kind at its measured distance, as wide as it measures; the pattern in it is illustrative and its true shape is not drawn — the kind of thing, not this exact one.