CosmoView Episode 29: The Cosmic Jewels of Sextans A
The dwarf galaxy Sextans A is a cosmic jewelry box filled with bright young stars. Located around 4.4 million light-years from Earth, it has been contorted by several supernova explosions that give it a peculiar square shape. The galaxy overflows with young, blue stars and red-hued star-forming regions. This glittering image was taken at the Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona.
Credit:KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA, P. Marenfeld
Data obtained and processed by: P. Massey (Lowell Obs.), G. Jacoby, K. Olsen, & C. Smith (AURA/NSF)
Image processing: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF’s NOIRLab), M. Zamani (NSF’s NOIRLab) & D. de Martin (NSF’s NOIRLab)
Music: Stellardrone - Billions and Billions
About the Video
| Id: | cosmoview29-en |
| Release date: | July 1, 2021, 5:34 a.m. |
| Duration: | 01 m 12 s |
| Frame rate: | 29.97 |
