Peekaboo Galaxy

Author(s): Cham Trolligi

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The Peekaboo Galaxy is a very small, extremely metal-poor irregular Blue Compact Dwarf (BCD) galaxy located over 22 million light years away in the constellation of Hydra. It was revealed after the star TYC 7215-199-1 recently passed out of its way in 2022.

The Peekaboo Galaxy (inset) as imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope in 2022

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