Figure: NGC 2613

ESO/VLT instrument VIMOS took this photo of NGC 2613, a spiral galaxy that ressembles our own Milky Way.

Technical information: Composite VRI image of NGC 2613, obtained on February 28, 2002. The individual exposures lasted 180 sec; image quality 0.7 arcsec FWHM; field 7 x 7 arcmin 2; North is up and East is left.

Credit: ESO

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