Known as IC 1101, the galaxy’s diameter is estimated to be a whopping 520 kiloparsecs, or nearly 1.7 million light-years, researchers report in a study submitted July 16 to arXiv.org. That’s wider ...
Researchers have obtained the deepest images ever taken of IC 1101, allowing them to identify the galaxy's outer edge for the ...
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The largest known galaxy just got an official size, and it’s bigger than anyone could confirm
The observations confirm that the giant system spans about 520 kiloparsecs, or roughly 1.7 million light-years, and contains ...
As new observations reveal the edges of IC 1101 for the first time, they allow scientists to confirm it is the largest known galaxy.
At the center of the galaxy cluster Abell 2029 sits an enormous galaxy shaped somewhere between an ellipse and a spiral. Its ...
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