蜻蜓44星系后髮座星系團中的一個超稀疏星系[2][3][4]。根據觀測其旋轉速度判斷其質量為一萬億太陽質量,約和銀河系的質量相同。這也和周圍觀測到的90個球狀星團一致。不過此星系發出的光只有銀河系的1%[5]。該星係由蜻蜓望遠鏡頭陣列(Dragonfly Telephoto Array)發現[6]

蜻蜓44星系
觀測資料
星座后髮座
赤經13h 00m 58.0s[1]
赤緯+26° 58′ 35″[1]
視星等 (V)22.0; 19.4 [1]
特徵
大小70,000
其他名稱
SDSS J130057.99+265839.7
參見:星系星系列表

2016年8月時,科學家指出蜻蜓44星系幾乎完全是由暗物質組成[7][8][9]

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參考資料

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  6. ^ Rachel Feltman. A new class of galaxy has been discovered, one made almost entirely of dark matter. Washington Post. 25 August 2016 [2016-11-01]. (原始內容存檔於2020-12-02). 
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