Hubble Finds Variable Stars in Distant Spiral Galaxy

Depicts: NGC 4603
Copyright: Jeffrey Newman (Univ. of California at Berkeley) and ASA
The Local Group of galaxies, of which the Milky Way is a member, is moving in the direction of Centaurus at a speed of more than a million miles an hour under the influence of the gravitational pull of the matter in that direction.
Last Update: 1 September 2019