[Rodamala]

Yes, I saw those too! It makes one feel quite puny in the universe, doesn’t it?

[chimera]

Yes. Now check me on this one. Look to the right of the edge-on spiral near the tail. You'll see the very bright white star with the diffraction spikes. Look further right and you'll see another bright white star with diffraction spikes. Above this one is a series of smudges that is either a cluster of galaxies, or whatever the galactic analog of asterism is. Looks like five smudges to me, but maybe more.