The galaxy This particular observation is one of a series that aims to get to know our galactic neighbors. Remarkably, about three-quarters of the known galaxies suspected to lie within 10 megaparsecs of Earth have already been observed by Hubble in enough detail to resolve their brightest stars and establish the distances to these galaxies. A team of astronomers proposed using small gaps in Hubble’s observing schedule to investigate the remaining quarter of the nearby galaxies.
Grasping Astronomical Distances
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