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DescriptionHubble Captures Galaxy on Edge.jpg	English: The galaxy known as NGC 5907 stretches wide across this image. Appearing as an elongated line of stars and dark dust, the galaxy is categorized as a spiral galaxy just like our own Milky Way. In this new image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, we don’t see the beautiful spiral arms because we are viewing it edge-on, like looking at the rim of a plate. It is for this reason that NGC 5907 is also known as the Knife Edge galaxy. The Knife Edge galaxy is about 50 million light-years from Earth, lying in the northern constellation of Draco. Although not visible in this image, ghostly streams of stars on large arching loops extend into space, circling around the galaxy; they are believed to be remnants of a small dwarf galaxy, torn apart by the Knife Edge galaxy and merged with it over 4 billion years ago.
Date	27 June 2020
Source	https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2020/hubble-captures-galaxy-on-edge
Author	ESA/Hubble & NASA, R. de Jong; Acknowledgment: Judy Schmidt (Geckzilla)

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Credit/Provider	ESA/Hubble & NASA, R. de JongAcknowledgement: Judy Schmidt (Geckzilla)
Source	ESA/Hubble
Short title	A Galaxy on Edge
Image title	The galaxy known as NGC 5907 stretches wide across this image. Appearing as an elongated line of stars and dark dust, the galaxy is categorised as a spiral galaxy just like our own Milky Way. In this new image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, we don’t see the beautiful spiral arms because we are viewing it edge-on, like looking at the rim of a plate. It is for this reason that NGC 5907 is also known as the Knife Edge Galaxy. The Knife Edge Galaxy is about 50 million light-years from Earth, lying in the northern constellation of Draco. Although not visible in this image, ghostly streams of stars on large arching loops extend into space, circling around the galaxy; they are believed to be remnants of a small dwarf galaxy, torn apart by the Knife Edge Galaxy and merged with it over four billion years ago.
Usage terms	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Date and time of data generation	06:00, 22 June 2020
Software used	Adobe Photoshop 21.1 (Windows)
File change date and time	15:54, 3 March 2020
Date and time of digitizing	21:04, 25 February 2020
Date metadata was last modified	16:54, 3 March 2020
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Keywords	NGC 5907
Contact information	http://www.spacetelescope.org Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2 Garching bei München, None, D-85748 Germany
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