Stunning New Picture Captures Group Of Five Galaxies


	Stunning New Picture Captures Group Of Five Galaxies

merrie

9-10-2009 6:25 AM

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hubble, milky way, photos of great bear

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Hubble also peered six million light-years beyond our own Milky Way to capture a galaxy of billions of stars in the Great Bear.

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http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article2630749.ece?slideshowPopup=true&articleId=2630749

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9-10-2009 8:06 AM

shaor

Looks like a butterfly!

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