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Spiral galaxy IC 5201 sits 40 million light-years from us in the Crane constellation. As with most spirals we see, it has a bar of stars slicing through its center. via NASA ift.tt/2gSlccM
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Hubble "Crane-s" in for a Closer Look at a Galaxy was taken on December 12, 2016 at 01:00AM