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tblue37

(65,490 posts) Fri May 27, 2022, 09:46 PM May 2022

Sombrero Galaxy: stunning

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Sombrero Galaxy: stunning (Original Post) tblue37 May 2022 OP

I assigned it as my phone lock screen. ty Tetrachloride May 2022 #1

OMG!!!! Ferrets are Cool May 2022 #2

It's stunning how beautiful our various pinwheel type galaxies are! electric_blue68 May 2022 #3

It seems so thin, tight, and cohesive compared to other spirals. Earth-shine May 2022 #4

Breathtaking. Hard to believe we're the only intelligent life form. Fla Dem May 2022 #5

Tetrachloride

(7,877 posts)

1. I assigned it as my phone lock screen. ty

Reply to tblue37 (Original post)

Fri May 27, 2022, 09:54 PM

May 2022

Ferrets are Cool

(21,110 posts)

2. OMG!!!!

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Fri May 27, 2022, 10:40 PM

May 2022

electric_blue68

(14,959 posts)

3. It's stunning how beautiful our various pinwheel type galaxies are!

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Fri May 27, 2022, 11:03 PM

May 2022

Earth-shine

(4,044 posts)

4. It seems so thin, tight, and cohesive compared to other spirals.

Reply to tblue37 (Original post)

Fri May 27, 2022, 11:51 PM

May 2022

Such cold beauty.

Fla Dem

(23,785 posts)

5. Breathtaking. Hard to believe we're the only intelligent life form.

Reply to tblue37 (Original post)

Sat May 28, 2022, 11:45 AM

May 2022

When I see this and other photos of universes in the awesomeness of space, how can one believe we are or were the only sentient, intelligent creatures in that vastness.

The Sombrero Galaxy is 31 Million light years away from the Milky Way Galaxy.

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