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Picture NGC 3787 made by the Hubble Telescope shows that the
central part of this lenticular galaxy has an interesting structure.
The picture was taken to determine how lenticular galaxies were
formed and what was happening in their center. This picture
captures an area of about 4,500 light years in NGC 3787 and
the galaxy itself is about 25 millions of light years away in
the constellation of Big Dipper.
The Center's answer: What we can see in the picture is not a
galaxy. It is a spherical very hot cloud - a mixture of burning
particles and dense gases. It is a moment of the initial formation
of the Stellar System.
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