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M102: Edge-on Disk Galaxy

Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble; Processing: Ehsan Ebahimian

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A starfield is shown with an unusual horizontal line segment running throug the middle. The segment is an edge-on galaxy and many brown dust filaments are visible.

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