NGC 1232
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NGC 1232, also known as the Eye of God Galaxy is an intermediate spiral galaxy about 50 million light-years away in the constellation Eridanus. It was discovered by German-British astronomer William H
NGC 1232 by ESO
An image of NGC 1232. The arm segment designated as "E" is at the right-most bright spiral arm of the galaxy. Note the number of arms.
Eridanus Cluster
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The Eridanus Cluster is a galaxy cluster roughly 23 Mpc from Earth, containing about 73 main galaxies and about 200 total galaxies. About 30% have Hubble classifications of elliptical or S0 and the re
NGC 1232
…suggesting a collision with a dwarf galaxy. However, some studies doubt this suggestion. NGC 1232 and its apparent companions are possibly part of the Eridanus Cluster of galaxies, along with NGC 1300. NGC 1232 is a face-on spiral galaxy. It can be technically considered a grand-design galaxy and is considered a…
The barred spiral galaxy NGC 1300 is a well-known member of the Eridanus Cluster.