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The Gaia Sausage, also called Gaia Enceladus, is the remains of a dwarf galaxy called the Sausage Galaxy. It combined with the Milky Way about 8-11 billion years ago.

Etymology

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The "Gaia Sausage" is called that because of the sausage shape of the population of the stars, using data from the Gaia spacecraft. The stars that have collided with the Milky Way have a high elliptical orbit.

The name "Enceladus" is from the mythological giant Enceladus, who was buried under Mount Etna and caused earthquakes. This former galaxy was buried in the Milky Way,

Parts

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The globular clusters that used to be in this dwarf galaxy are Messier 2, Messier 56, Messier 75, Messier 79, NGC 1851, and NGC 5286.

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Omega Centauri
M32p, a large galaxy that collided with the Andromeda Galaxy
Kraken Galaxy, another proposed large galaxy merged into the Milky way but earlier than the "Gaia Sausage"

Milky Way

Location

Milky Way → Milky Way subgroup → Local Group → Local Sheet → Virgo Supercluster → Laniakea Supercluster → KBC Void → Observable universe → Universe
Each arrow (→) may be read as "within" or "part of".

Structure

Galactic Center	Sagittarius A Sagittarius A* Fermi bubbles Supermassive black hole
Disk	Orion–Cygnus Perseus Carina–Sagittarius Norma–Cygnus Scutum–Centaurus Near 3 kpc Arm Far 3 kpc Arm
Halo	Aquarius Stream Fimbulthul stream Gaia Sausage Helmi stream Magellanic Stream Monoceros Ring Palomar 5 stream Pisces-Eridanus stream Sagittarius Stream Virgo Stream

Satellite
galaxies

Magellanic Clouds	Large Magellanic Cloud Small Magellanic Cloud Magellanic Bridge
Dwarfs	Phoenix Sagittarius Spheroidal Antlia II Boötes I Boötes II Boötes III Canes Venatici I Canes Venatici II Canis Major Carina Coma Berenices Crater 2 Draco Eridanus II Fornax Hercules Leo I Leo II Leo IV Leo V Leo T Pisces Overdensity Pisces II Reticulum II Segue 1 Segue 2 Sculptor Sextans Triangulum II Ursa Major I Ursa Major II Ursa Minor Virgo I Willman 1

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Parts

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