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Barred spiral galaxy NGC 1300 in Eridanus

by

R.Jay GaBany/Novapix

Reference

a-gax13-00004

Date

2006-09-16

NGC 1300, an almost face-on barred spiral galaxy of type SBbc in the constellation Eridanus, is about 60 million light-years away and about 85000 light-years across.