Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Draco (Dra)  ·  Contains:  NGC 6503
NGC 6503, Robert.S
NGC 6503
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NGC 6503

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NGC 6503 is situated just inside a giant, sparsely populated region of space called the Local Void, bounded by our Local Group of galaxies, the Hercules Cluster and the Coma Cluster. Estimates for the void’s diameter vary from 30 million to more than 150 million light-years — so NGC 6503 does not have a lot of galactic company in its immediate vicinity.Structurally similar to the Milky Way, NGC 6503 shows a yellowish red center of older stars, bright blue star clusters of massive young, stars, and many obscuring dark dust lanes, while pink-colored puffs are clearly marking star-forming regions where stars have recently formed in the galaxy’s swirling spiral arms.

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NGC 6503, Robert.S