Interesting object

https://www.legacysurvey.org//viewer/?ra=334.8510&dec=22.0997&layer=ls-dr9&zoom=15

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Looks like a faint spiral galaxy :grinning:

With a redshift of z = 0.123, and subtended diameter of about 19 arcsec makes this galaxy about 41 kpc (135,000 light years) across, making it on par with the milky way galaxy. It makes you wonder if anyone there is looking back at us. :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

There is also a sizable error bar of dz = +/- 0.02, and I got the angular diameter from the cursor looking at the coordinate changes and taking the difference. So plus or minus a few kpc on that number.

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