Dwarf Spheroidal
Milky Way satellite being slowly torn apart
A loop-shaped dwarf spheroidal galaxy ~65,000 light-years from Earth, currently on a collision course with the Milky Way. Tidal forces have already stretched its stars into long streams that wrap the entire sky — what is left of its original body is a diffuse core just south of the galactic center, still orbiting, still shedding stars into the Milky Way halo every pass.