August 13, 202100:04:11

2021 August 13 - A Perfect Spiral

In today's image, we see a spiral galaxy as seen almost directly from above (or below!) The galaxy shows the distinct dust lanes, red hydrogen regions, and blue star cluster typically associated with spiral galaxies.


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