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Galaxy Pencil-Thin Profile
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This image from NASA Galaxy Evolution Explorer shows NGC 4565, one of the nearest and brightest galaxies not included in the famous list by 18th-century comet hunter Charles Messier.
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Credit lineGalaxy Pencil-Thin Profile. NASA/JPL, 2013-06-28. Public domain. ID: PIA17246.