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NGC 1087

Image: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, J. Lee (STScI), T. Williams (Oxford), PHANGS Team
Image: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, J. Lee (STScI), T. Williams (Oxford), PHANGS Team

A fan favorite (it’s me, I’m the fan): the spiral galaxy NGC 1087. This luminous orange structure is about 80 million light-years away. Its core is bright, though individual arms of the spiral galaxy are difficult to spot.

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