Monday, August 13, 2012

ESA/Hubble Image: A Lonely Galactic Island

In terms of intergalactic real estate, our Solar System has a plumb location as part of a big, spiral galaxy, the Milky Way.

Numerous, less glamorous dwarf galaxies, keep the Milky Way company. 

Many galaxies, however, are comparatively isolated, without close neighbours. 

One such example is the small galaxy known as DDO 190, snapped here in a new image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.

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