Friday, October 15, 2010

APOD 1.7

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The spiral galaxy, NGC 2683, is an island universe that lies 20 light years away from the constellation the Cat.  This view shows the galaxy nearly edge-on and shows galaxies in the distance.  Old yellow stars glows from the galaxies core.  This galaxy also features the blue glow of many young star clusters.

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