Galaxy J0925 (IMAGE)

Université de Genève

Galaxy J0925

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This is a Hubble Space Telescope image of the compact green pea galaxy J0925. The diameter of the galaxy is approximately 6,000 lightyears, and about twenty times smaller than the Milky Way.

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© Ivana Orlitová, Astronomical Institute, Czech Academy of Sciences (Prague)

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