Astronomy team that includes UCLA finance professor discovers nearby dwarf galaxy
February 8, 2012
A team of astronomers led by UCLA research astronomer Michael Rich has used a novel telescope to discover a previously unknown companion to a nearby galaxy, known as NGC 4449, some 12.5 million light years from Earth. The new galaxy had escaped even the prying eyes of the Hubble Space Telescope.
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