‘Peekabo’ dwarf galaxy is extremely metal-poor, study finds

Using the Southern African Large Telescope (SALT) and the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), an international team of astronomers have observed the dwarf galaxy HIPASS J1131–31, dubbed the “Peekabo Galaxy.” The observational campaign has found that Peekabo is one of the most extremely metal-poor galaxies known to date. The discovery was reported in a paper published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.