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To be added or removed from the Astronomy Picture of the Day ping list please send me a request via "Private Reply" (Mail).

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.

1 posted on 04/04/2025 1:58:59 PM PDT by MtnClimber
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2 posted on 04/04/2025 1:59:22 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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Galaxies get my attention. This is 2.5 hours on M51 Galaxy. There are actually 4 galaxies in the image, 2 are just hard to see. I plan on adding more data, maybe another 2 hours time permitting.

M51 is the big spiral galaxy, with the smaller NGC 5195 seen on top just above M51. It's believed super massive black holes reside at the galaxy core of both galaxies. M51 distance from earth is estimated to be 23 million light years.

6 posted on 04/04/2025 3:37:16 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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