Spiral Galaxy's Most Detailed Look Yet

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Channel: VideoFromSpace · 2011 · Science & Technology

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Europe's VLT Survey Telescope has snapped a brilliant image of galaxy NGC 253. Located about eleven and a half million light-years away in the constellation Sculptor, it is one of the brightest galaxies in the night sky visible with binoculars.

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