Popular galaxy full of standard candles features as Hubble Picture of the Week

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NGC 3370 is the featured galaxy on the ESA/Hubble Picture of the Week. The galaxy contains Cepheid stars and type Ia supernovae, both of which are standard candles. These objects help astronomers measure distances to faraway galaxies and are critical for measuring how fast the universe is growing.

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Absolutely stunning. To think our technology has come this far that we can get these amazing photographs. I can only imagine what we could see if we placed some telescopes orbiting the moon, or positioned them further away from the sun within our solar system.

Great article! Keep up the good work!