![A large, irregular oval of stars fills the image. Some bright foreground stars and many smaller, more-distant galaxies are visible in the background.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/hubble_friday_3132015-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
The mysteries of UGC 8201
The galaxy UGC 8201, captured here by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, is a dwarf irregular galaxy, so called because of its small size and chaotic structure. It lies just under 15 million light-years away from us in the constellation of Draco (the Dragon). As with most dwarf galaxies it is a member of a larger group of galaxies. In this case UCG 8201 is part of the M81 galaxy group; this group is one of the closest neighbors to the Local Group of galaxies, which contains our galaxy, the Milky Way.
Credits: ESA/NASA
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