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Irregular dwarf galaxy Sextans A
A member of the local group of galaxies which includes the massive spirals Andromeda and our own Milky Way, Sextans A is about 4 million light years distant. The bright Milky Way foreground stars appear yellowish in this view. Beyond them lie the stars of Sextans A with young blue star clusters clearly visible.
CREDIT: D. Hunter (Lowell Observatory), Z. Levay (STScI)
SOURCE: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap991218.html
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PREPARED BY Adrian Pingstone in December 2003.
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