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Spiral galaxy NGC 3982 displays numerous spiral arms filled with bright stars, blue star clusters, and dark dust lanes. It spans about 30,000 light years, lies about 60 million light years from Earth and can be seen with a small telescope in the constellation of Ursa Major.
CREDIT: Stephen Smartt (U. Cambridge), HST, ESA, NASA
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PREPARED BY Adrian Pingstone in December 2003.
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