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Image of spiral galaxy M109 as seen by the Kitt Peak observatory in Arizona
AURA / NOAO / NSF
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Spiral Galaxy M109
This image of spiral galaxy M109 was taken with the telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory in Tucson, Arizona. M109 is a barred spiral galaxy located about 50 million light years from Earth in the constellation Ursa Major.

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