[ETL]

Antlia 2 (upper left), hidden on the Milky Way's far side, is as big as the Large Magellanic Cloud (lower right) but much dimmer
(A bright, artificial blob representing Antlia 2 was added to show its location.)

[fieldmarshaldj]

*ping*

[reed13k]

reinforces my belief that there is no “dark matter” - we just haven’t found everything yet.

[Telepathic Intruder]

"Circling our galaxy is a stealthy giant. Astronomers have discovered a dwarf galaxy"

A giant dwarf?

[teeman8r]

if that is the far side of the milky way... it ain’t even funny, or i do not get it...

[BitWielder1]

How could we let it sneak up on us like that?

[Moltke]

...strangely dim...

A.k.a. Galaxia Democratii.

[martin_fierro]

Large, strangely dim congressman found lurking on far side of Left Wing.

[Celerity]

“Circling our galaxy is a stealthy giant. “

DONE READING.

I thought this sort of thing was settled long ago.

[kjam22]

(A bright, artificial blob representing Antlia 2 was added to show its location.)

That's always the problem with all of these pictures. They are always fake.

[BunnySlippers]

I hate when galaxies lurk ...

[Conan the Librarian]

Really cool!

There are a number of galaxies out there that we could easily see (IC 342 comes to mind) that we can’t because in interstellar dust and gas in the Milky Way. The Forbidden Zone as it was.

I am beginning to wonder if maybe the Universe is full of these dwarf galaxies that are just too dim to see.