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From NASA/ ESA, July 11, 2019: The shape and structure of this Spiral galaxy are plainly visible thanks to this perspective. Galaxy NGC 3147 galaxy is relatively close by, at a distance of roughly 130 million light-years, and can be found in the constellation of Draco (The Dragon).
Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, A. Riess et al.
(To fully appreciate this, at 130 million light-years from Earth, the picture represents this galaxy as it appeared 130 million years ago, in the Mesozoic Era, when dinosaurs roamed the Earth.)
