Posted on 12/28/2022 1:05:48 PM PST by MtnClimber
Explanation: Charles Messier described the 88th entry in his 18th century catalog of Nebulae and Star Clusters as a spiral nebula without stars. Of course the gorgeous M88 is now understood to be a galaxy full of stars, gas, and dust, not unlike our own Milky Way. In fact, M88 is one of the brightest galaxies in the Virgo Galaxy Cluster some 50 million light-years away. M88's beautiful spiral arms are easy to trace in this sharp cosmic portait. The arms are lined with young blue star clusters, pink star-forming regions, and obscuring dust lanes extending from a yellowish core dominated by an older population of stars. Spiral galaxy M88 spans over 100,000 light-years.
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Doesn’t look too messy. Looks rather organized!..................
I think it’s near Olds 88, right by the Ford Galaxy.
In 10 years no one under 50 will know what that means!.....................
but keep an eye on the Comet!
That is a pristine, well-balanced spiral galaxy! Imagine the billions of years it took to reach that state of symetrical perfection!
A very good friend of mine in High School (’80-’84) had an 1968 Olds 88. What a BEAST of a vehicle! You needed that V8 to move that much American steel. Freaking battleship on wheels.
Wow. That’s pretty!
Back when vehicles actually had a style from model to model. A look. Distinctive. You knew what it was from a mile away.
"You'll know it's me when I come through your town." ~ Johnny Cash
I love the cars from that era. I know nothing about the mechanics or technology, but they are so beautiful! Practically works of art.
Whoa nice!
More like a EV spin out on the 405 freeway.
“to reach that state of symmetrical perfection!”
Well we are the only ones that see this view. When you are elsewhere in the universe the angles and perception will be totally different and likely not be symmetrical at all.
So you can say God put it there so ‘our view’ is the best in the universe, or not.
Remember that each element in what we see from here, is of stars and objects at diverse distances. Two lights that appear to us to be next to each other, may in fact be a million light years apart, distance wise.
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