SPX-2-129
False-colour IR · R 3.29 / G 1.91 / B 0.85 µmN↑ E←
B1 0.75B2 1.11B3 1.66B4 2.44B5 3.83B6 4.434.99 µm
GalaxyDorado≈ 160,000 ly
Large Magellanic Cloud
LMC
The Milky Way's largest satellite, rich in star formation including the Tarantula Nebula.
Why it matters at 0.75–5 µm
Close to the south ecliptic pole, where SPHEREx builds its deepest coverage.
Identity
RA (ICRS)05h 23m 34.5s
Dec (ICRS)−69° 45′ 22″
Object typeSatellite dwarf galaxy (SBm)
ClassificationLiterature (SIMBAD-equivalent)
SPHEREx data
Order-5 tileSPX-5-8274
Cube pixel(201, 316)
Channels102 · 0.75–5.0 µm
Flagged channels…
SPHEREx spectrum at Large Magellanic Cloud
DR1 calibrated cubeFITS
Npix8274_cube.fits · pixel (201, 316) — single 12.9″ pixel at the catalogue position, not an aperture photometry measurement.
Reading 306 values from the 320 MB cube with byte-range requests… 0.0s
Spectral Scout
Spectral Scout v2
Builds a 4-epoch × 102-channel input from real SPHEREx L2 exposures here (64×64 at 6.15″/px), then runs the ONNX model in your browser to pick the best viewing channels and score anomalies and motion. The first run at a position takes 1–2 minutes.
Community investigations