NGC 1048

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NGC 1048 is a lenticular galaxy with an active galactic nucleus of Hubble type SB0/a in the constellation Cetus south of the ecliptic. It is estimated to be located at a distance of 518 million light years from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 150'000 light years.

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Image: Sloan Digital Sky Survey, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.