Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  Helix Galaxy  ·  NGC 2685
NGC2685 (42 million light-years away from Earth), Hugo52
NGC2685 (42 million light-years away from Earth)
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NGC2685 (42 million light-years away from Earth)

NGC2685 (42 million light-years away from Earth), Hugo52
NGC2685 (42 million light-years away from Earth)
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NGC2685 (42 million light-years away from Earth)

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NGC 2685 (also known as the Helix Galaxy) is a lenticular and polar ring Seyfert Type 2 galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major. It is about 50,000 light-years across and about 42 million light-years away from Earth. It is receding from Earth at 883 kilometers per second.

This is very special, this light has traveled 42 million light years to end up on my telescope, humans did not exist then.

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NGC2685 (42 million light-years away from Earth), Hugo52

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