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Galaxy NGC 7424 in Grus

author: R.Gendler/Novapix

reference: a-gax74-24002

Image Size 300 DPI: 12 * 9 cm

NGC 7424 is located at a distance of 40 million light-years. This galaxy is classified as "SAB(rs)cd", meaning that it is intermediate between normal spirals (SA) and strongly barred galaxies (SB) and that it has rather open arms with a small central region. The galaxy is roughly 100,000 light-years across, that is, quite similar in size to our own Milky Way galaxy.

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2009 - ASTRONOMY - BARRED SPIRAL GALAXY - GALAXY - GRUS - NGC 7424 - SABc - SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE - SPIRAL GALAXY - STAR -