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  1. It is about 1,000 light-years distant and as many as 60 light-years in diameter. (Web site)

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  1. Pictured is the central region of NGC 6397, a globular cluster about 6,000 light-years distant, whose stars all formed at about the same time. (Web site)

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  1. The nebula is estimated to be more than 5,000 light-years distant. (Web site)

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  1. This cluster is 40,000 light-years distant, and with a visual magnitude of 6.2, is a beautiful sight in binoculars and telescopes alike.

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  1. The sun lies roughly two thirds of the way from the center of the disk, which is some 28,000 light-years distant, and in the galactic plane. (Web site)

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  1. The Eagle Nebula is 7,000 light-years distant from Earth. (Web site)

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  1. Glowing brightly in planet Earth's southern sky, the expansive Eta Carinae Nebula is a mere 10,000 light-years distant. (Web site)

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  1. About 10,000 light-years distant, both represent young, open star clusters formed in interstellar clouds and still embedded in glowing hydrogen gas.

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  1. The Ring Nebula (upper right) is more like 2,000 light-years distant, well within our own Milky Way Galaxy. (Web site)
  2. Well within our own Milky Way galaxy, the cosmic sphere is roughly 7,000 light-years distant toward the constellation Hercules. (Web site) Move Up

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  1. A star in the constellation Canis Major, the brightest star in the sky, approximately 8.6 light-years distant from Earth.
  2. Even the faintest stars visible to the eye are merely hundreds or thousands of light-years distant, all well within our own Milky Way Galaxy. Move Up
  3. The stream is about 76,000 light-years distant from Earth and forms a giant arc over the disk of the Milky Way galaxy. Move Up

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