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Needle’s Eye Galaxy 🪡 This #HubbleClassic view unveils a galaxy about 11 million light-years away from us. It earned its nickname because one end of the galaxy is strangely empty of stars (not seen in this image of the starry center): go.nasa.gov/3eI55gP #Hubble nitter.net/NASAHubble/status/1…

Caldwell 62

We’ve introduced the Needle galaxy (Caldwell 38) and the Silver Needle galaxy (Caldwell 26) — now meet the Needle’s Eye galaxy.
Edward Henderson (NASA)
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