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North is to the
top.
Spiral galaxy NGC 2903 is only about 20 million light-years distant
in the constellation Leo. One of the brighter galaxies visible from
the northern hemisphere, it is surprisingly missing from Charles
Messier's famous catalog of celestial sights. NGC 2903 exhibits an
exceptional rate of star formation activity near its center, also
bright in radio, infrared, ultraviolet, and x-ray bands. Just a
little smaller than our own Milky Way, NGC 2903 is about 80,000
light-years across.
Source: NASA APOD |
