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| Name | Images | Constellation | Magnitude | Distance | Coordinates | External Links | |||
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| Apparent | Absolute | Right Ascension | Declination | ||||||
| SN UDS10Wil | 
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Cetus | 02h 17m 46.3s | 10.5 Gly, 3.2 Gpc | 02h 17m 46.3s | -05° 15′ 24.00″ | Hubble | |
| SN UDS10Wil is the furthest supernova so far of the type used to measure cosmic distances. It was discovered by the Hubble Space Telescope and was discovered as part of a three-year Hubble program that started in 2010 to survey faraway Type 1a supernovae known as the CANDELS survey. | |||||||||
| NGC 2623 | 
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Cancer | 13.36 | 250 Mly, 76.7 Mpc | 08h 38m 24.1s | +25° 45′ 16.70″ | ||
| NGC 2623 is the result of a major collision and subsequent merger between two galaxies. The merger is going through late stages and is thought to eventually resemble what the Milky Way will look like when it collides with our neighboring galaxy, Andromeda in 4 billion years. | |||||||||