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    Largest Hubble galaxy

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    • Title Largest Hubble galaxy
    • Released 07/03/2006 12:13 pm
    • Copyright ESA/NASA
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      This Hubble image reveals the gigantic Pinwheel galaxy, one of the best known examples of “grand design spirals”, and its supergiant star-forming regions in unprecedented detail. The image is the largest and most detailed photo of a spiral galaxy ever released from Hubble.


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    • Activity Space Science
    • Mission Hubble Space Telescope (HST)
    • Keywords Astronomy targets , Astronomy techniques , Galaxies

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