Double opening

Double opening

Even with its amazing nature, NGC 178 got a good kick. The dwarf galaxy extends over 40,000 light-years, and the diameter is half the size of the Milky Way. But with such tinyness she manages to be a productive stellar maternity hospital. In the year appears half the solar mass.

The very history of its discovery is interesting. In 1885, he was noticed by Ormond Stone. But he incorrectly recorded her position. She was later found by Stephen Javell. He checked the catalogs and did not find the position record, so he decided that this was a new object - IC 39. Years passed and the scientists finally realized that it was about the same object.

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