NGC 5957

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NGC 5957 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation Serpens. It lies at a distance of about 100 million light years from Earth based on redshift-independent methods, which, given its apparent dimensions, means that NGC 5957 is about 75,000 light years across.

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