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Image: NGC 1672 HST

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Description: This NASA Hubble Space Telescope view of the nearby barred spiral galaxy NGC 1672 unveils details in the galaxy’s star-forming clouds and dark bands of interstellar dust. NGC 1672 is more than 60 million light-years away in the direction of the southern constellation Dorado. These observations of NGC 1672 were taken with Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys in August of 2005.
Title: NGC 1672 HST
Credit: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2007/15/ (direct link) http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0706a/
Author: NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration
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