NGC 6503
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NGC 6503 is a dwarf spiral galaxy located in a region of space called the Local Void
. it spans 30.000 light-years and lies approximately 17 million light-years away in the constellation of Draco
(the Dragon).
Local Void
The Local Void is a vast, empty region of space, devoid of matter, located within the Virgo Supercluster and lying adjacent to our own Milky Way galaxy. Discovered by Brent Tully of the American Astronomical Society in Honolulu, Hawaii, the Local Void is millions of light years in length, the exact...
. it spans 30.000 light-years and lies approximately 17 million light-years away in the constellation of Draco
Draco (constellation)
Draco is a constellation in the far northern sky. Its name is Latin for dragon. Draco is circumpolar for many observers in the northern hemisphere...
(the Dragon).
External links
- At the Edge of the Abyss – ESA/HubbleHubble Space TelescopeThe Hubble Space Telescope is a space telescope that was carried into orbit by a Space Shuttle in 1990 and remains in operation. A 2.4 meter aperture telescope in low Earth orbit, Hubble's four main instruments observe in the near ultraviolet, visible, and near infrared...
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