The photo shows a small portion of the sky in the constellation Andromeda.
Why is this photo special?
In a portion of the sky about the size of a full moon, there are 61 galaxies:
10 galaxies from the NGC (New General Catalogue) and among these NGC 708 which is the largest galaxy in the center of the photo
1 galaxy from the IC (Index Catalogue)
50 galaxies from the PGC (Principal Galaxies Catalogue)
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