NGC 406

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Cosmic Whirlpool in Tucana.

NGC 406 is a spiral galaxy quite similar to the well known Whirlpool galaxy, located some 65 million light-years away, in the southern constellation of Tucana (the Toucan), NGC 406 is about 60 000 light-years across, roughly half the diameter of the Milky way.

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