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How Far Away is That Galaxy? Vast Catalog Has Answers

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This graphic shows all the cosmic light sources in the sky that are included in the NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database (NED).

A team of researchers has compiled a special catalog to help astronomers figure out the true distances to tens of thousands of galaxies beyond our own Milky Way.