NGC 6051

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NGC 6051 is a giant elliptical galaxy located in the constellation of Serpens. The galaxy lies 453 million light-years from Earth, which means given its apparent dimensions, the galaxy is around 250,000 light-years across.

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