HUBBLE ATLAS

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Zooming in on NGC 6503

June 10, 2015 · ESA/Hubble

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This video begins with a ground-based view of the night sky, before zooming in on galaxy NGC 6503 as the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope sees it.

The galaxy, which lies about 18 million light-years away is at the edge of a strangely empty patch of space called the Local Void.