Sunny Priyan
Hubble Space Telescope features the galaxy LEDA 48062 in the constellation Perseus.
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LEDA 48062 appears as a faint, hazy galaxy on the right side of the image. To its left, the brighter, more structured lenticular galaxy UGC 8603 stands in contrast.
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A smattering of more distant galaxies litter the background while a handful of foreground stars shine brightly throughout the image.
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LEDA 48062 is only around 30 million light-years from the Milky Way and was therefore included in the observing campaign Every Known Nearby Galaxy.
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The aim of this campaign was to observe every known galaxy within 10 megaparsecs (around 33 million light-years) of the Milky Way.
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By getting to know our galactic neighbors, astronomers can determine what types of stars reside in various galaxies and also map out the local structure of the universe.
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