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Stories about: spiral galaxy

Hubble Pictures the Coma Cluster The Coma Cluster, or Abell 1656, is a spherical galactic cluster about 20 million light years across located at about 300 million light years towards the north pole of the Milky Way, meaning it is relatively easy to view from Earth since the dust and gas plane of the galaxy doesn't interfere. The cluster contain... 10 June 2008 11:21 GMT NGC 1132: Single Galaxy or Massive Merger? Located more than 320 million light years away, in the Eridanus constellation, the galaxy NGC 1132 represents a class of giant elliptical galaxies, surrounded by a group of dwarf galaxies named by astronomers, the 'fossil group.' The shear size of the elliptical galaxy in relation to its much smaller compa... 5 February 2008 10:49 GMT