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APOD: 2020 August 4 - NGC 2442: Galaxy in Volans
Distorted galaxy NGC 2442 can be found in the southern constellation of the flying fish (Piscis) Volans. Located about 50 million light-years away the galaxy's two spiral arms extending from a pronounced central bar have a hook-like appearance in wide-field images. But this mosaicked close-up constructed from Hubble Space Telescope and European Southern Observatory data follows the galaxy's structure in amazing detail. Obscuring dust lanes young blue star clusters and reddish star forming region
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