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Ground-based view of the sky around the galaxy ESO 495-21


Date: 13 June 2019
Satellite: Hubble Space Telescope
Depicts: ESO 495-21
Copyright: ESA/Hubble, NASA, Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgement: Davide de Martin

This image shows the sky around the galaxy ESO 495-21. It was created from images forming part of the Digitized Sky Survey 2. Located about 30 million light-years away in the constellation of Pyxis (The Compass), ESO 495-21 is classified as a dwarf starburst galaxy.

Last Update: 1 September 2019
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