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Ground-based view of the sky around the galaxy ESO 495-21 — image from the Hubble Space Telescope

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Ground-based view of the sky around the galaxy ESO 495-21

June 13, 2019 · ESA/Hubble · Pyxis

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This image shows the sky around the galaxy ESO 495-21. It was created from images forming part of the Digitized Sky Survey 2. Located about 30 million light-years away in the constellation of Pyxis (The Compass), ESO 495-21 is classified as a dwarf starburst galaxy .

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