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    NGC 5364 is a grand design spiral galaxy located 54.5 million light years away in the constellation Virgo. It is inclined to the line of sight from the...
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  • Thumbnail for NGC 5247
    NGC 5247 is a face-on unbarred spiral galaxy located some 60 million light years away in the constellation Virgo. It is a member of the Virgo II Groups...
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  • members of HCG 44 by Hunter Wilson NGC 6976 (lower right) and NGC 6977 (left) are part of HCG 88. Hubble image NGC 3718 and HCG 56 (bottom). Image from...
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    supernova in SN 1972e, in the galaxy NGC 5253, eleven million years after it had happened. Another supernova from NGC 5253 had been observed in 1895. Weeks...
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