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About the Image
NASA press release
Id:
opo0201b
Type:
Photographic
Release date:
3 January 2002, 06:00
Size:
927 x 723 px
About the Object
Name:
Centaurus
Type:
Milky Way : Sky Phenomenon : Night Sky : Constellation
Category:
Stars
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