ESO 306-17

id: eso-306-17-188-17181664
title: ESO 306-17
text: ESO 306-17 is a fossil group giant elliptical galaxy in the Columba constellation, about 1.07 million light-years in diameter, and roughly 517 million light-years away. The galaxy is situated alone in a volume of space about it. It is theorized that the galaxy cannibalized its nearest companions, hence, being a fossil group. The galaxy is a giant elliptical of type cD3 (E+3), one of the largest types of galaxies.
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description: Galaxy in the constellation Columba
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ESO_306-17
date created: 2010-03-05T09:41:56Z
date modified: 2024-09-08T23:57:27Z
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image: {"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e1/ESO_306-17.jpg","width":3855,"height":3831}
fields total: 13
integrity: 16

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