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Stunning Hubble image shows a big galaxy full of blue stars – Space.com
NASA’s statement calls NGC 2336 “the quintessential galaxy.”
Imagine a galaxy and what comes to mind likely looks like NGC 2336, a shimmering swirl of stars.
And just days before a software glitch temporarily shut down the Hubble Space Telescope
, the iconic spacecraft sent home a stunning image of the big, beautiful, and brilliantly blue galaxy. NASA uploaded the image of NGC 2336, a galaxy located about 100 million light-years from Earth in the constellation of Camelopardalis (aka the Giraffe), on Friday, March 5, two days before the telescope unexpectedly…
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