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Galaxy Zoo: A Penguin-like Galaxy

Caption: Volunteers participating in the Galaxy Zoo project have been helping scientists gain new insights by classifying galaxies seen in hundreds of thousands of telescope images as spiral or elliptical. Along the way they’ve also stumbled across odd-looking galaxies, including one which looks like a penguin.

Credit: SDSS

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