In the center of this picture is the elliptical galaxy, NGC 1132. This galaxy, which is located near to the constellation Eridanus, has contains an enormous amount of dark matter and hot gas. This is a composite false-color photograph of the galaxy which is home to over 1 trillion stars. Some scientists believe that NGC 1132 may be the product of a merging of several galaxies. NGC 1132 is located over 300 million light-years away from Earth. This means that the light we currently see coming from the galaxy was actually produced before the human race even existed. The other bright spots in the photo are background galaxies.
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