蜻蜓44星系后发座星系团中的一个超稀疏星系[2][3][4]。根据观测其旋转速度判断其质量为一万亿太阳质量,约和银河系的质量相同。这也和周围观测到的90个球状星团一致。不过此星系发出的光只有银河系的1%[5]。该星系由蜻蜓望远镜头阵列(Dragonfly Telephoto Array)发现[6]

蜻蜓44星系
观测资料
星座后发座
赤经13h 00m 58.0s[1]
赤纬+26° 58′ 35″[1]
视星等 (V)22.0; 19.4 [1]
特征
大小70,000
其他名称
SDSS J130057.99+265839.7
参见:星系星系列表

2016年8月时,科学家指出蜻蜓44星系几乎完全是由暗物质组成[7][8][9]

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