Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Leo (Leo)  ·  Contains:  NGC 2903  ·  NGC 2916
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Galaxy NGC 2903, Pepe Chambó
Galaxy NGC 2903
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Galaxy NGC 2903
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NGC 2903 @ February 22,2020 22:53 UT

Description:

NGC 2903 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Leo and about 20 million light-years away, with a magnitude 9.7 is observable through small telescopes. Similar to our Milky Way, whith the difference of containning young massive stellar clouds instead of old globular clusters. Its central region is also very active in stellar formation.

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José J. Chambó (www.cometografia.es)

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https://cometografia.es/ngc2903-20200222/

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Galaxy NGC 2903, Pepe Chambó

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