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This image of the core of the peculiar galaxy
ngc7252, reveals a striking mini spiral disk of gas and stars, and about
40 exceptionally bright young globular clusters. The visible light image
was taken with the Wide Field and Planetary Camera in PC mode. The strong
spiral structure is about 10,000 light years across, and the entire
picture is about 46,000 light years across. The clusters are 60 light
years across, about the same size as globular clusters that orbit the
Milky Way galaxy.
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