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Image: A chance alignment in Lupus

The subject of today’s NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope Picture of the Week is the stunning spiral galaxy NGC 5530. NGC 5530 is situated 40 million light-years away in the constellation Lupus (The Wolf). This galaxy is classified as a “flocculent” spiral, meaning that its spiral arms are patchy and indistinct.

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