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Scientists used the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope to observe the galaxy for some 50 hours, stitching together more than 100 exposures to create the picture.

This image by the European Southern Observatory shows a detailed, thousand-colour image of the Sculptor Galaxy. AP The image spans 65,000 light-years, almost the entire galaxy.

This handout provided by the European Southern Observatory shows a detailed, thousand-colour image of the Sculptor Galaxy captured with the MUSE instrument at ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT).