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Hubble Nets a Subtle Swarm
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This Hubble image shows NGC 4789A, a dwarf irregular galaxy in the constellation of Coma Berenices. It certainly lives up to its name — the stars that call this galaxy home are smeared out across the sky in an apparently disorderly and irregular jumble, giving NGC 4789A a far more subtle and abstract appearance than its glitzy spiral and elliptical cousins. These stars may look as if they have been randomly sprinkled on the sky, but they are all held together by gravity.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineHubble Nets a Subtle Swarm. NASA/GSFC, 2017-12-08. Public domain. ID: GSFC_20171208_Archive_e000159.
