https://www.legacysurvey.org//viewer/?ra=212.5178&dec=17.7332&layer=ls-dr9&zoom=13
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Very nice - Hubble could have imaged that one! It is a totally MASSIVE galaxy
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did some research on it, (IC 983) saying it was much smaller than the Milky Way ~ off to double-check to see if I read it correctly
to be fair, most said it was a very large galaxy, stating a distance of around 248 million l.ys ~ this web page though gave a distance of about 32 million l.ys & therefore a much reduced diameter
I found this galaxy, looks similar to IC 983
https://www.legacysurvey.org//viewer/?ra=37.6162&dec=-43.0262&layer=ls-dr9&zoom=13
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there’s a Hubble image of this doing the rounds that used to be my screensaver image 
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telling lies, it’s another very similar looking galaxy 