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Day 22 of the 2024 Space Telescope Advent Calendar: The Edge of a Spiral. Located roughly 150 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Serpens, UGC 10043 is one of the somewhat rare spiral galaxies that are seen edge-on. www.theatlantic.com/photo/2024/1...
Dec 22, 2024, 4:14 PM
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