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NGC 5907 is a spiral galaxy located approximately 50 million light years from Earth. It has an anomalously low metallicity and few detectable giant stars being apparently composed almost entirely of dwarf stars. It is a member of the NGC 5866 Group.NGC 5907 has long been considered a prototypical example of a warped spiral in relative isolation.

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