File:NGC 3982 - Hubble space telescope, 2003.jpg

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Description Spiral galaxy NGC 3982 displays numerous spiral arms filled with bright stars, blue star clusters, and dark dust lanes. It spans about 30000 light-years, lies about 60 million light-years from Earth and can be seen with a small telescope in the constellation of Ursa Major.
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  • Stephen Smartt (U. Cambridge), HST, ESA, NASA
  • European Space Agency and Stephen Smartt (University of Cambridge)
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current22:23, 21 July 2019Thumbnail for version as of 22:23, 21 July 20191,083 × 992 (616 KB)BevinKacon (talk | contribs)Reverted to version as of 08:08, 10 July 2009 (UTC) actual size from original source
19:27, 9 November 2018Thumbnail for version as of 19:27, 9 November 20182,048 × 1,536 (1,017 KB)Benison (talk | contribs)higher res
08:08, 10 July 2009Thumbnail for version as of 08:08, 10 July 20091,083 × 992 (616 KB)Tryphon (talk | contribs)Original size.
19:37, 20 June 2005Thumbnail for version as of 19:37, 20 June 2005750 × 687 (67 KB)Wricardoh~commonswiki (talk | contribs)From en: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Ngc.galaxy.arp.750pix.jpg] Spiral galaxy NGC 3982 displays numerous spiral arms filled with bright stars, blue star clusters, and dark dust lanes. It spans about 30,000 light years, lies about 60 million light

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