This image of the softly luminous spiral galaxy UGC 11105 is from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. It lies about 110 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Hercules. Astronomers have different ways of quantifying how bright celestial objects are. Apparent magnitude is one of those methods. It describes how bright an object appears to an observer […]
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Astrophysics, Astrophysics Division, Galaxies, Goddard Space Flight Center, Hubble Space Telescope, Missions, Spiral Galaxies, The Universe
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February 2, 2024
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