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2 posted on 10/06/2022 3:02:09 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)

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Pinging the APOD list.

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3 posted on 10/06/2022 3:02:40 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)

To: MtnClimber

Sure enough, that is a whale galaxy.

4 posted on 10/06/2022 3:11:40 PM PDT by DannyTN

To: MtnClimber

Stacey! Is that you?

5 posted on 10/06/2022 3:24:43 PM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))

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Thanks, MtClimber. Every time I look at one of these galaxies in a close-up view, it is awe inspiring. Clouds of stars!!

6 posted on 10/06/2022 3:46:55 PM PDT by oldplayer

To: MtnClimber

It looks like a whale…..eating a cheeseburger….with extra pickles.

7 posted on 10/06/2022 3:52:07 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer” )

To: MtnClimber

Is that the Pot of Petunia Galaxy next to it?

10 posted on 10/06/2022 5:43:13 PM PDT by Zathras

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