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Warped, Edge-On Spiral Galaxy (Details from Image of NGC 3370) — image from the Hubble Space Telescope

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Warped, Edge-On Spiral Galaxy (Details from Image of NGC 3370)

September 4, 2003 · NASA · Leo

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A Sombrero-galaxy-look-alike is seen edge on with a small warp in the middle right.

About the data

This image was created from HST data from the following proposals: 9351 : A. Riess (STScI), P. Stetson (NRC), A. Filippenko (UC Berkeley); and 9696: K. Noll (STScI), A. Riess (STScI), L. Frattare, H. Bond, C. Christian, F. Hamilton, Z. Levay, and T. Royle (STScI).