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PIA04623: Galaxy UGC10445
 Mission:  Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX)
 Spacecraft:  GALEX Orbiter
 Instrument:  GALEX Telescope 
 Product Size:  989 x 1010 pixels (w x h)
 Produced By:  California Institute of Technology 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA04623.tif (1.436 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA04623.jpg (48.59 kB)

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Original Caption Released with Image:

This ultraviolet color image of the galaxy UGC10445 was taken by NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer on June 7 and June 14, 2003. UGC10445 is a spiral galaxy located 40 million light-years from Earth.

The Galaxy Evolution Explorer mission is led by the California Institute of Technology, which is also responsible for the science operations and data analysis. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., a division of Caltech, manages the mission and built the science instrument. The mission was developed under NASA's Explorers Program, managed by the Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. The mission's international partners include South Korea and France.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Caltech

Image Addition Date:
2003-07-25