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Galaxy AM 0500-620 in Dorado

author: Nasa/Esa/Hubble Heritage Team/Novapix

reference: a-gax95-00200

Image Size 300 DPI: 14 * 14 cm

AM 0500-620 consists of a highly symmetric spiral galaxy seen nearly face-on and partially backlit by a background galaxy. The foreground spiral galaxy has a number of dust lanes between its arms. The background galaxy was earlier classified as an elliptical galaxy, but Hubble has now revealed a galaxy with dusty spiral arms and bright knots of stars. AM0500-620 is 350 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation of Dorado, the Swordfish. Image taken by the Hubble space telescope on march 31, 1997.

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1997 - 2008 - AM 0500-620 - ASTRONOMY - COLLISION - DORADO - GALAXY - HST - HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - INTERACTING - SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE - SPIRAL GALAXY - STAR -