Hubble Sees a Sparkling Neighbor Galaxy

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The image shows the galaxy ESO 300-16, which is 28.7 million light-years from Earth.

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The galaxy is a ghostly assemblage of stars that resembles a sparkling cloud.

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The image also shows other distant galaxies and foreground stars.

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The image was captured by the Advanced Camera for Surveys on the Hubble Space Telescope.

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Nearly 75 percent of known galaxies are within 10 megaparsecs of Earth and have been spotted by Hubble.

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A group of astronomers suggested taking advantage of brief breaks in Hubble's observational schedule to get to know the remaining 25% of these neighboring galaxies.

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The megaparsec is a unit used by astronomers to chart the mind-bogglingly large distances involved in astronomy.

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One parsec is equal to 3.26 light-years or 30.9 trillion kilometers (19.2 trillion miles), which is the distance that causes a parallax of one arcsecond.

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