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The distance to NGC 1300
is approximately 69,000,000 light-years. At right is a much
reduced image from the Hubble space telescope. To see the
image in all of its splendor, click the image. You will be
taken to a zoomable full size Hubble image that is quite
spectacular. We all know that stars are very far apart and
galaxies are mostly space, but nothing illustrates that better than
seeing very distant background galaxies through the coils and bar of
NGC 1300. Be sure to zoom all the way into the image and pan
around. |
A Hubble Space Telescope
image of NGC 1300. Some of the
background galaxies visible through NGC 1300 in the large Hubble
image are visible in our own image, and this was a pleasant surprise
for us. |
