The Spiral Galaxy NGC 3190 (IMAGE)

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The Spiral Galaxy NGC 3190

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The beautiful edge-on spiral galaxy NGC 3190 with tightly wound arms and a warped shape that makes it resemble a gigantic potato crisp, as seen by ESO's Very Large Telescope.

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