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A cosmic question in NGC 4696
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This picture, taken by Hubble’s Advanced Camera for Surveys, shows NGC 4696, the largest galaxy in the Centaurus Cluster. (To see a video of NGC 4696 go here: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc/4888176841/)">www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc/4888176841/)</a> The huge dust lane, around 30 000 light-years across, that sweeps across the face of the galaxy makes NGC 4696 look different from most other elliptical galaxies.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineA cosmic question in NGC 4696. NASA/GSFC, 2017-12-08. Public domain. ID: GSFC_20171208_Archive_e001995.
