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Hubble Paints a Spattering of Blue
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Far beyond the stars in the constellation of Leo (The Lion) is irregular galaxy IC 559. IC 559 is not your everyday galaxy. With its irregular shape and bright blue spattering of stars, it is a fascinating galactic anomaly. It may look like sparse cloud, but it is in fact full of gas and dust which is spawning new stars. Discovered in 1893, IC 559 lacks the symmetrical spiral appearance of some of its galactic peers and not does not conform to a regular shape.
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Credit lineHubble Paints a Spattering of Blue. NASA/GSFC, 2017-12-08. Public domain. ID: GSFC_20171208_Archive_e000990.
