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  • Hubble Catches a Spiral in the Air Pump

    10/12/2013 6:21:15 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 20 replies
    Scientific Computing ^ | Wednesday, October 9, 2013 | unattributed
    Lying more than 110 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation of Antlia (The Air Pump) is the spiral galaxy IC 2560, shown here in an image from NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. At this distance, it is a relatively nearby spiral galaxy, and is part of the Antlia cluster -- a group of over 200 galaxies held together by gravity. This cluster is unusual; unlike most other galaxy clusters, it appears to have no dominant galaxy within it. In this image, it is easy to spot IC 2560's spiral arms and barred structure. This spiral is what astronomers call...