Galaxy keeps a cosmic eye on us

IT looks like a giant cosmic eye watching over us from the depths of space.

Fri, 30 Sep, 2005 - 01:00

John von Radowitz

This stunning new image of the spiral galaxy NGC 1350 was released by European astronomers yesterday.

Light from the galaxy began its journey to Earth 85 million years ago, when dinosaurs ruled the planet and South America was still an island continent.

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Courts Science Place: NGC 1350 Place: Earth Place: South America Place: Cerro Paranal Place: Chilean Andes Place: Milky Way galaxy Place: southern Fornax constellation Place: The Furnace Place: Milky Way Organisation: European Southern Observatory

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