Hubble Sees IC 5201 (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Hubble Sees IC 5201

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IC 5201 sits over 40 million light-years away from us. As with two thirds of all the spirals we see in the universe -- including the Milky Way, the galaxy has a bar of stars slicing through its center.

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Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA

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