The Phoenix Dwarf galaxy
The Phoenix Dwarf, imaged here by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, is an irregular dwarf galaxy that was discovered in 1976 by Hans-Emil Schuster and Richard Martin West. It is located in the constellation Phoenix in the southern sky, 1.44 million light-years away from Earth.
Credit:
ESA/Hubble and NASA
About the Image
| Id: | ann11075a |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 21 October 2011, 16:40 |
| Related announcements: | ann11075 |
| Size: | 669 x 669 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Phoenix Dwarf |
| Type: | • Local Universe : Galaxy : Size : Dwarf • X - Galaxies |
| Distance: | 2 million light years |
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
| Optical V |
555 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
| Optical Pseudogreen (V+I) |
Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 | |
| Infrared I |
814 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
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