AdvertisementOpinionLooking For Answers Beyond The Cosmic HorizonSeptember 26, 2012Marcelo GleiserfacebookEmailThis spectacular image of the large spiral galaxy NGC 1232 was obtained by the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (VLT) in 1998. NGC 1232 sits in the constellation Eridanus (The River) at a distance of about 100 million light-years and is about twice the size of the Milky Way galaxy. (ESO)