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A Spiral within a Spiral - Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1300 NGC 1300 is a barred spiral galaxy about 61 million light-years away in the constellation Eridanus. The galaxy is about 110,000 light-years across, which is just slightly larger than our own galaxy. It is a member of the Eridanus Cluster, a cluster of over 200 galaxies.
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n-a-s-a: The Andromeda Galaxy is 2 million light years away from us so what we see now is how it appeared 2 million years ago. It will collide with our Milky Way in 2 billions years from now. The two galaxies are heading towards each other at a rate of 430 km/hr. A billion years from now Andromeda will loom as a spectacular site eventually swelling to fill half of the night sky.