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                           Astronomy Picture of the Day   
      
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                                   2024 April 18   
      
                                  Facing NGC 1232   
                       Image Credit & Copyright: Neil Corke   
      
      Explanation: From our vantage point in the Milky Way Galaxy, we see NGC   
      1232 face-on. Nearly 200,000 light-years across, the big, beautiful   
      spiral galaxy is located some 47 million light-years away in the   
      flowing southern constellation of Eridanus. This sharp, multi-color,   
      telescopic image of NGC 1232 includes remarkable details of the distant   
      island universe. From the core outward, the galaxy's colors change from   
      the yellowish light of old stars in the center to young blue star   
      clusters and reddish star forming regions along the grand, sweeping   
      spiral arms. NGC 1232's apparent, small, barred-spiral companion galaxy   
      is cataloged as NGC 1232A. Distance estimates place it much farther   
      though, around 300 million light-years away, and unlikely to be   
      interacting with NGC 1232. Of course, the prominent bright star with   
      the spiky appearance is much closer than NGC 1232 and lies well within   
      our own Milky Way.   
      
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