[RightWhale]

Don't know if it's normal, but it sure is a textbook classical spiral galaxy like we think ours is. Think that might be the best, most evolutionary, productive form of galaxy?

[petuniasevan]

I'll bet it is! Just look at all those nice chunky star clusters, supernova remnants, and dust lanes.

All that's missing is the sign "Building Materials In Use"!

[sleavelessinseattle]

I was watching Jack Horkheimer the star hustler last night and he actually pointed to galactic center of our Milky way...Antares the "heart" star of the constellation Scorpio.
I've been frustrated for years trying to find someone who could tell me which direction in the heavens our "core" is!
Also Sagitarius the Archer's arrow points right at Antares as a second reference and the spout of the Teapot Asterism is the arrow point. What he did NOT specify was whether the Star Anares is IN the milky way or more remote and just really bright...I believe he quoted 300 times the size of Sol.