Posted on 01/28/2021 3:44:36 PM PST by MtnClimber
Explanation: Big, beautiful spiral galaxy Messier 66 lies a mere 35 million light-years away. The gorgeous island universe is about 100 thousand light-years across, similar in size to the Milky Way. This reprocessed Hubble Space Telescope close-up view spans a region about 30,000 light-years wide around the galactic core. It shows the galaxy's disk dramatically inclined to our line-of-sight. Surrounding its bright core, the likely home of a supermassive black hole, obscuring dust lanes and young, blue star clusters sweep along spiral arms dotted with the tell-tale glow of pinksh star forming regions. Messier 66, also known as NGC 3627, is the brightest of the three galaxies in the gravitationaly interacting Leo Triplet.
For more detail go to the link and click on the image for a high definition image. You can then zoom by moving the magnifying glass over an area and then clicking. The side bars will move the zoomed area over the photograph.
Malt shop dreams from my youth!
Swirls of dark chocolate in a whipped cream whirlpool with raspberry sprinkles!
(A beautiful galaxy!)
To my highly cultured eyes, this closely resembles the hopelessness man feels as he struggles to find meaning in an oftentimes cold and changing world.
Or
It looks like a Huckleberry Swirl.
Could be both or either.
Good shot. It’s about time to start looking at the ‘Trio-in-Leo’ for the season.
Great Picture. Thank you!
From an old Ranger Fan from 1949...first game I went to was the Maple Leafs vs. Rangers game. I was 9 years old.
Hooked on hockey ever since. Played in my teens but not after I was 20. School and life interfered.
Still a fan.
Finally a Messier object in the captued by Hubble. I’m still very partial to M objects. ;)
The Closer You Get, The Messier It Looks.
Messier?
Clean-up on aisle 184,323,557,545!....................
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