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Galaxy

System of stars and interstellar matterNGC 4414, a typical spiral galaxy in the constellationComa Berenices, is about 55,000 light-years in diameter and approximately 60 million light-years from Earth.A galaxy is a physical system of stars, planetary systems, stellar remnants, substellar objects, interstellar gas, dust, and dark matter bound together by gravity.

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