NGC 5495

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NGC 5495 is a very large barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Hydra. Its speed relative to the cosmic microwave background is 6,989 ± 20 km/s, corresponding to a Hubble distance of 103.1 ± 7.2 Mpc (~336 million ly). NGC 5495 was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel on 13 May 1834.

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Image: Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, J. Greene Acknowledgement: R. Colombari, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.