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PIA07907: Diverse Group of Galaxy Types, NGC 3190 Field
Ultraviolet image of a diverse group of galaxy types. NGC 3190 is a dusty edge on spiral galaxy. NGC 3187 is highly distorted. The two are separated by only 35 kilo-parsecs (about half the diameter of our own Milky Way galaxy)
Target Name: NGC 3190
Mission: Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX)
Spacecraft: GALEX Orbiter
Instrument: GALEX Telescope
Product Size: 936 samples x 936 lines
Produced By: California Institute of Technology
Full-Res TIFF: PIA07907.tif (2.632 MB)
Full-Res JPEG: PIA07907.jpg (95.57 kB)

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Ultraviolet image of a diverse group of galaxy types. NGC 3190 is a dusty edge on spiral galaxy. NGC 3187 is highly distorted. The two are separated by only 35 kilo-parsecs (about half the diameter of our own Milky Way galaxy). A ring, elliptical, and other irregular galaxies are also present.


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NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSC

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