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OriginalNGC 1427A, appearing here to be glitter in space, is an irregular galaxy. It is "passing through the Fornax cluster at nearly 600 kilometers per second" and is approximately 51.9 million light years from Earth.
Reason
Encyclopedic illustration of an irregular galaxy, and is the lede image for two articles.
Articles in which this image appears
Galaxy, Irregular galaxy, NGC 1427A
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Looking out
Creator
NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

Promoted File:Irregular galaxy NGC 1427A (captured by the Hubble Space Telescope).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 18:41, 29 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]