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NGC 7496 Galaxy

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NGC 7496 in Grus

is a barred spiral galaxy 60,000,000 light-years from Earth, and 75,000 light years across.
Discovered by John Herschel in 1834. it is a Type 2 Seyfert galaxy with a high star formation rate around its nucleus.
NGC 7496 i
s a member of the NGC 7582 Galaxy Group.
Many thanks to my collaborator and friend, Mike Selby, who acquired and calibrated this fine data from Observatorio El Sauce, Chile.

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