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Galactic Beauties
Several stunning galaxies highlight this Hubble Space Telescope beauty shot of the galaxy cluster Abell S0740. The most prominent galaxy is a giant elliptical known as ESO 325-G004. It contains hundreds of billions of old stars, which give the galaxy a yellow-orange glow. A stunning spiral galaxy is at lower right; hot, young stars outline its spiral arms, with streamers of dark dust flowing all the way to its core. The image contains hundreds of other galaxies of various sizes, shapes, and distances. [NASA/ESA/Hubble Heritage Project (STSCI/AURA)]
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