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Wide-field view of NGC 1073 and its surroundings (ground-based image)


Date: 02 February 2012
Satellite: Hubble Space Telescope
Depicts: NGC 1073
Copyright: NASA, ESA, Digitized Sky Survey 2 (Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin)

This image from a ground-based telescope shows the location of and region surrounding NGC 1073.

Several other galaxies are also visible here, most obviously NGC 1055, seen side-on, and Messier 77, seen face-on, both near the bottom of the frame.

Last Update: 1 September 2019
10-Feb-2026 13:08 UT

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