It is located in a mysterious void between galactic filaments.
the Space telescope “Hubble” has received detailed the wrong galaxy KK 246, which astronomers dubbed “cosmic glitter”.
Irregular galaxies have no spiral or elliptical structure. Most often they resemble a random scattering of sequins on a black background with no clearly defined nucleus and spiral branches.
Galaxy KK 246, also known as ESO 461-036, is the Local void is a vast “desert” region with a minimum width of 150 million light years. The voids located between the galactic filaments. This is the area where there are no or almost no galaxies and clusters. KK 246 is one of the small exceptions that happen very rarely, say astronomers.
Anna Lysenko
