It was studied along with other galaxies like the nearby NGC 3109, shown above, to learn how galaxies form, as part of a ...

Image of the irregular galaxy NGC 3109, located at a distance of about 4 million light years from us, towards the edge of the Local Group, captured by the VST (VLT Survey Telescope), an Italian ...

Two of them, the irregular galaxy NGC 3109 and the irregular dwarf Sextant A , are located on the edge of the so-called Local Group, which also includes our galaxy, the Milky Way, and are about 4 ...