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moonshinegnomie

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5. Yes

Reply to Dear_Prudence (Reply #4)

Thu Mar 5, 2026, 11:22 PM

Mar 5

That’s ic4263. Basically what are galaxy would look like edge on. It’s much further away. 140m light years
There’s another galaxy just above and to the right of the galaxy m51 is interacting with . That one is even further away, around 240m light years

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