Holmberg IX Dwarf Irregular Galaxy, zoom into

This is a zoom into the dwarf irregular galaxy called Holmberg IX. It resides just off the outer edge of M81, a large spiral galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major. Video starts with a backyard view of Ursa Major. Camera zooms into the M81 and M82 galaxy pair. Scene ends with close-up view of Holmberg IX, where Hubble Space Telescope resolves over 20,000 stars.

Credit: NASA, ESA, and G. Bacon (STScI)

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• Holmberg
• IX
• dwarf
• irregular
• galaxy
• Hubble

[pyzarm]

I thought that many irregular galaxy are larger than spiral galaxy