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A spiral galaxy's brights and darks

Posted on Tuesday, November 3, 2015
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A spiral galaxy's brights and darks
Image credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA and S. Smartt (Queen's University Belfast)

Uploader comment: Ribbons of dust festoon the galaxy NGC 613 in this new image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. NGC 613 is classified as a barred spiral galaxy for the bar-shaped band of stars and dust crossing its intensely glowing centre.


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