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Starry Bulges Yield Secrets to Galaxy Growth (Ground-Based View)


Depicts: NGC 1365, IRAS 03317-3618
Copyright: Allan Sandage (The Observatories of the Carnegie Institution of Washington) and John Bedke (Computer Sciences Corporation and the Space Telescope Science Institute)

This image, taken by a ground-based telescope, displays the entire galaxy NGC 1365. But the telescope's resolution is not powerful enough to reveal the flurry of activity in the galaxy's hub.
Last Update: 1 September 2019
11-Mar-2026 07:32 UT

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