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Mark Fisher
1999-2008
Seashell Galaxy
A small galaxy near the northern border of Centaurus. It is close to the more massive elliptical galaxy NGC 5291, and the gravitational force of its larger neighbour has stretched it into a tapering spiral shape, like that of a seashell.
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