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The area around XZ Tauri (ground-based image)


Date: 10 June 2015
Satellite: Hubble Space Telescope
Copyright: NASA, ESA, Digitized Sky Survey 2 (Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin)

This image shows the area around galaxy NGC 6503. The galaxy, which lies 30 000 light-years away is at the edge of a strangely empty patch of space called the Local Void.

Last Update: 1 September 2019
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