Hercules Dwarf Galaxy (IMAGE)

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

Hercules Dwarf Galaxy

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The Hercules Dwarf Galaxy has truly exceptional properties: while basically all of its known peers in the realm of these tiny dwarf galaxies are rather round, this galaxy at a distance of 430,000 Light Years appears highly flattened, either the shape of a disk or of a cigar.

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