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 The Hubble space telescope has photographed the galaxy with unique history of opening. 

Having the size about 40 000 light years in the diameter, the galaxy of NGC 178 is twice less, than the Milky Way therefore astronomers classify her as the dwarfish galaxy. Despite the size, NGC 178 it is busy with formation of new stars. As a rule, the galaxy forms stars with a weight which is about a half of mass of the Sun and it is enough that her to find. 

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 Interesting story with opening of this galaxy. It turns out that she was opened by two times) 

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Que impresionante puede llegar a ser el universo y aún más sorprendente es lo pequeño que podemos llegar a ser al lado del universo

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Sometimes Hubble images doesn't look real to me

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