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Barred galaxy NGC 6217

by

Nasa/ESA/Novapix

Reference

a-gax62-17001

Date

2009-09-10

NGC 6217 is a barred spiral galaxy located 60 million light-years away in the constellation of Ursa Minor. Image taken by the Hubble space telescope with the newly repaired Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) in july 2009.