Posted on 09/22/2022 3:01:23 PM PDT by MtnClimber
Explanation: Big, beautiful spiral galaxy NGC 7331 is often touted as an analog to our own Milky Way. About 50 million light-years distant in the northern constellation Pegasus, NGC 7331 was recognized early on as a spiral nebula and is actually one of the brighter galaxies not included in Charles Messier's famous 18th century catalog. Since the galaxy's disk is inclined to our line-of-sight, long telescopic exposures often result in an image that evokes a strong sense of depth. This Hubble Space Telescope close-up spans some 40,000 light-years. The galaxy's magnificent spiral arms feature dark obscuring dust lanes, bright bluish clusters of massive young stars, and the telltale reddish glow of active star forming regions. The bright yellowish central regions harbor populations of older, cooler stars. Like the Milky Way, a supermassive black hole lies at the core of spiral galaxy NGC 7331.
For more detail go to the link and click on the image for a high definition image. You can then move the magnifying glass cursor then click to zoom in and click again to zoom out. When zoomed in you can scan by moving the side bars on the bottom and right side of the image.
I think if you take the dark blue civilizations at the bottom and the light blue civilizations in the middle, that galaxy is more blue than red.
Go Trump!!!
Make 7331 Great Again!!
There’s a few purple solar systems. I bet that’s where the reds are trying to implement voter fraud.
That looks like a sacred religious amulet that I saw at an open air market in Kathmandu.
It was supposed to increase fertility or get rid of constipation or something.
The thing I remember most from when I was in Kathmandu was when a big cobra poked its head up out of the grass near me at the Monkey Temple.
A cobra-monkey fight would be worth watching.
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