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Hubble sees a 'mess of stars'

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Bursts of pink and red, dark lanes of mottled cosmic dust, and a bright scattering of starsthis NASA ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows part of a messy barred spiral galaxy known as NGC 428. It lies approximately 48 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation of Cetus (The Sea Monster).



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NGC 428 (also PGC 4367, UGC 763, MCG +00-04-36, IRAS 01103 +0043, 2MASX J01125570 +0058536, ZWG 385.28, HiPass J0112 +00) is a magnitude +11.3 face-on barred spiral galaxy located 37 - 48 million light years away in the constellation Cetus.

The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Windsor Road, Slough,  on the 20th December 1786.

The galaxy hosted the type Ia supernova SN2013ct 

Right Ascension 01h 12m 55.6s, Declination +00° 58' 53"



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