2MASX J00482185−2507365 occulting pair

id: 2masx-j00482185-2507365-occulting-pair-217-3393605
title: 2MASX J00482185−2507365 occulting pair
text: The 2MASX J00482185−2507365 occulting pair is a pair of overlapping spiral galaxies found in the vicinity of NGC 253, the Sculptor Galaxy. Both galaxies are more distant than NGC 253, with the background galaxy, 2MASX J00482185−2507365, lying at redshift z=0.06, about 800 million light-years from Earth, and the foreground galaxy lying between NGC 253 and the background galaxy. This pair of galaxies illuminates the distribution of galactic dust beyond the visible arms of a spiral galaxy. The here
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description: Pair of overlapping galaxies in the constellation Sculptor
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2MASX_J00482185%E2%88%922507365_occulting_pair
date created: 2009-01-03T13:58:30Z
date modified: 2024-09-13T01:22:47Z
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image: {"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4a/2MASX_J00482185-2507365_by_HST.jpg","width":975,"height":958}
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