Tuesday, 7 November 2023

Euclid Spots a Spiral Galaxy


The spiral galaxy IC 342, located about 11 million light-years from Earth, lies behind the crowded plane of the Milky Way: Dust, gas, and stars obscure it from our view. Euclid used its near-infrared instrument to peer through the dust and study it. via NASA https://ift.tt/wcAsrvG
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