Was about to go to sleep and realized that I've neglected my astro-photo-a-day! Here you go, a true spiral galaxy in contrast to the last, which was a barred-spiral:
I think this is my favorite astroimage o'the day yet. Perfectly smooth and symmetrical... clean lines... from this distance it looks so serene. Funny to think how much break-neck speed is actually there, and how many roaring nuclear furnaces. And how much potential life.
Oh, I know. This is part of why I love galaxies so much: the vastness, the power, the serenity, the violence, the potential... they are "island universes" to use the old nomenclature.
Vinge really "got" the magic of galaxies in his Fire Upon the Deep.
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Vinge really "got" the magic of galaxies in his Fire Upon the Deep.