Dwarf Spheroidal

Bootes Dwarf

A ghost galaxy nearly torn apart by the Milky Way

1,400 ly across~30,000 stars0 charted systems
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Galactic Lore

Discovered in 2006. Two long tidal tails of stars stretch across the sky, evidence that the Milky Way's gravity is slowly unravelling this tiny satellite over billions of years.