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Keyword: dwarf irregular galaxy
![Секстант А: квадратная галактика](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2004/08/12/0001199113/sextansa_kpno_big.preview.jpg)
3.11.1998
What's bothering local galaxy Sextans A? A small dwarf irregular galaxy spanning 5 thousand light years across, Sextans A is located only 5 million light-years away. Named for its home constellation of Sextans, the "diamond in the rough" structure relates to an ancient unknown event.
![Leo A: Близкая карликовая неправильная галактика](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2004/11/10/0001201155/leoA_subaru.preview.jpg)
10.11.2004
Why isn't this small galaxy simple? The above image and contemporary observations of small nearby galaxy Leo A were supposed to show it has a simple structure. Now Leo A is known...
![Большое Магелланово Облако](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2006/05/10/0001214047/lmc_whw.preview.jpg)
10.05.2006
Portuguese navigator Fernando de Magellan and his crew had plenty of time to study the southern sky during the first circumnavigation of planet Earth. As a result, two fuzzy cloud-like objects easily visible for southern hemisphere skygazers are known as the Clouds of Magellan.
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