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Object Information

Fireworks Galaxy

Image: Digitized Sky Survey
Image: Digitized Sky Survey

This is a barred spiral galaxy which lies around 22 million light years from Earth.



Facts and Figures


Object type: A Spiral Galaxy with a Bar.
Distance: 19,500,000,000,000,000,000 km.
Size (approximate diameter): 3,910,000,000,000,000,000 km.