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Zoom on NGC 1052-DF2

March 28, 2018 · ESA/Hubble

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This video zooms in from a view of the night sky, through the constellation of Cetus (the Whale), to end on the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope observations of the ultra diffuse galaxy NGC 1052-DF2. This is the first galaxy to be found to not have dark matter.