Astronomers Measure Full Size of Largest Known Galaxy
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Researchers have obtained the deepest images ever taken of IC 1101, confirming it as the largest known galaxy spanning roughly 520 kiloparsecs or about 1.7 million light-years, and containing an estimated 3.4 trillion solar masses in stars. The study was posted on arXiv on July 16.
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