Gangly Galaxy | Space Wallpaper

Monday, May 12, 2014 - 23:30 in Astronomy & Space

This bundle of bright stars and dark dust in this beautiful space wallpaper is a dwarf spiral galaxy known as NGC 4605, located around 16 million light-years away in the constellation of Ursa Major (The Great Bear).

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