IC 1101 - largest known gxy

[nytecam]

Taken last night between driftng cloud eg IC 1101 - the largest known gxy with diam 3MLY eg bigger than the volume of space occupied by Milky Way, Andromeda Gxy and Triangulum M33 combined - data on image

[Daniel-K]

i like

[romi]

Yes....but.... it is known to be more than a BILLION LY away so who knows it is even exists nowadays............

[ultranova]

Very intresting indeed

[nytecam]

Yes....but.... it is known to be more than a BILLION LY away so who knows it is even exists nowadays............

Puny earth is >4B years old so why would a super gxy disappear for you?

[Gina]

Well caught

[nytecam]

Thanks everyone for your interest - I hope you get to view or image it. I'm current preparing a short Youtube video explaning this amazing object

[andyo]

Nice capture with interesting info