Its broad arms are distorted by gravitational interaction with a fellow Virgo cluster member, giant elliptical galaxy NGC 4697.
其宽广的旋臂被该星系团另一成员，巨型椭圆星系ngc 4697的引力作用所扭曲。
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Seen nearly edge-on, NGC 253 is only 13 million light-years away, the largest member of the Sculptor Group of galaxies, neighbor to our own local galaxy group.
在靠近天穹边缘出现的 NGC 253 距离我们只有 1300 万光年之遥，它是玉夫星系团的最大的成员，和我们所在的星系团相邻。
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Big, beautiful spiral galaxy NGC 1055 is a dominant member of a small galaxy group a mere 60 million light-years away toward the intimidating constellation Cetus.