IC 1101
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Jump to navigationJump to searchIC 1101 is the largest known galaxy in the visible Universe. Measuring 5 million light years across, it is almost as large as the galaxy cluster housing it, Abell 2029. It contains about 100 trillion stars. Our galaxy has only 250 billion, so IC 1101 has 400 times more stars than the Milky Way.
