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An Elliptical Galaxy

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Prep: 30-40 Seconds

One of the unidentifiable objects in this study lies just outside Centaurus A (NGC , an elliptical galaxy located about 12 million light years from Earth. The other is in a globular cluster of stars found just outside NGC 4636, another elliptical galaxy located 47 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Virgo.

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