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                                2020 June 11
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                        Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1300
           Image Credit: [3]Hubble Heritage Team, [4]ESA, [5]NASA

   Explanation: Big, beautiful, barred spiral galaxy NGC 1300 lies some 70
   million light-years away on the banks of the [6]constellation Eridanus.
   This [7]Hubble Space Telescope composite view of the gorgeous island
   universe is one of the largest Hubble images ever made of a complete
   galaxy. NGC 1300 spans over 100,000 light-years and the [8]Hubble image
   reveals striking details of the galaxy's dominant central bar and
   majestic spiral arms. In fact, on [9]close inspection the nucleus of
   this classic barred spiral itself shows a remarkable region of
   [10]spiral structure about 3,000 light-years across. Like other
   [11]spiral galaxies, including our own Milky Way, NGC 1300 is thought
   to have a supermassive [12]central black hole.

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   8. https://hubblesite.org/uploads/image/compass_image/1636/hs-2005-01-a-compass_large_web.jpg
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