Friday, March 18, 2011

APOD 3.8

APOD: 2011 March 16th (my freaking birthday.)
Sideways Galaxy NGC 3628

This picture is most interesting to think about conceptually. Putting this image into perspective is something that is very hard to do considering this, like millions of others, is the size of our galaxy, The Milky Way. Considering there are millions of galaxies in an almost limitless universe and inside those galaxies lies millions of stars and planets, space because something that is very hard to grasp.  he vast expanses of space don't compute in my brain. More scientifically, the bright reddish hues are a tell-tale sign of a star forming area. This galaxy is about 35 million light years away in the direction of the Leo constellation.

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