Spiral Galaxy NGC 1672 in Dorado: Wide-field View (ground-based image)

Spiral Galaxy NGC 1672 in Dorado: Wide-field View (ground-based image)

A 2.7 x 2.9 degree wide field ground-based image of NGC 1672's region in the Southern constellation of Dorado. This image is a color composite taken by the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2).

Distance: 60 million light years

Credit: Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble), the ESA/ESO/NASA FITS Liberator & Digitized Sky Survey 2

Release Date: April 3, 2007

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