Spiral galaxy NGC 891,combined optical image. The galaxy lies around 30 million light years from Earth in the constellation Andromeda. It is seen edge-on from Earth,and as such its spiral arms are only seen as a dark lane of dust crossing its bright nucleus. Image compiled from data from the 8.2 metre Subaru Telescope,Hubble Space Telescope,and 0.9 metre telescope of the West Mountain Observatory Utah | |
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Crédit: | Science Photo Library / Gendler, Robert |
Taille de l’image : | 3948 px × 2212 px |
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