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Spiral galaxy ESO 510-13 in Hydra

author: ESO/Novapix

reference: a-gax95-00020

Image Size 300 DPI: 17 * 17 cm

The peculiar spiral galaxy ESO 510-13 ressembles the famous "Sombrero" galaxy, but its equatorial dust plane is pronouncedly warped. Its distance is about 170 million light-years and the size is 100,000 light-years. This three-colour composite was obtained with VLT ANTU and FORS in the morning of March 15, 1999.

Keywords for this photo:

1999 - ANTU - ASTRONOMY - EDGE-ON - ESO 510-13 - GALAXY - HYDRA - SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE - SPIRAL GALAXY - STAR - STAR FORMATION - VERY LARGE TELESCOPE - VLT -