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NGC 1385

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

The “messy” (according to ESA) spiral galaxy NGC 1385 is closer than many recently imaged in PHANGS; it is just 30 million light-years from Earth. Indeed, the galaxy’s arms are basically impossible to make out. It looks more like a large clump of gas and glittering stars.

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