Sagittarius Dwarf Irregular Galaxy

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The Sagittarius Dwarf Irregular Galaxy (SagDIG) is a dwarf galaxy in the constellation of Sagittarius. It lies about 3.4 million light-years away. It was discovered on 13 June 1977 on a photographic plate taken for the ESO (B) Atlas on 13 June 1977 using the ESO 1 meter Schmidt telescope.

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Image: Credit: NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) Acknowledgment: Y. Momany (University of Padua), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.