NGC 1553 Animation
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The optical image of NGC 1553 fades into the corresponding Chandra X-ray image. NGC is about 70 million light years away in the constellation of Dorado.
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Animation: CXC/A.Hobart
X-ray: NASA/CXC/UVa/E.Blanton et al.
Optical: Digital Sky Survey