File:NGC 2685.jpg
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English: NGC 2685 (also known as the Helix Galaxy) is a lenticular and polar-ring galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major. It is about 50,000 light-years across and about 42 million light-years away from Earth. It is receding from Earth at 883 kilometers per second. |
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| Source | http://www.imagingdeepsky.com/Galaxies/NGC2685/NGC2685.htm |
| Author | Ken Crawford |
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