NGC 5942

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NGC 5942 est une vaste et lointaine galaxie elliptique située dans la constellation du Serpent. Sa vitesse par rapport au fond diffus cosmologique est de 10 812 ± 31 km/s, ce qui correspond à une distance de Hubble de 159 ± 11 Mpc (∼519 millions d'al).

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