The megamaser's location in the sky. (IMAGE)

International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research

The megamaser's location in the sky.

Caption

Nkalakatha’s host galaxy as viewed from Perth, Western Australia. It’s ~5 billion light years away and invisible to the naked eye, between Archernar and Aldebaran.

Credit

ICRAR

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