The Beauty of NGC 2275

Look at this gorgeous galaxy! (courtesy of Hubble). And what a striking galactic core. I think I can almost spot the Siyane cruising in from the bottom right to investigate.

"NGC 2275 is classified as a flocculent spiral galaxy, located 67 million light-years away in the constellation of Cancer. Millions of bright, young, blue stars shine in the complex, feather-like spiral arms, interlaced with dark lanes of dust. Complexes of these hot, blue stars are thought to trigger star formation in nearby gas clouds. The overall feather-like spiral patterns of the arms are then formed by shearing of the gas clouds as the galaxy rotates."

https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/potw2026a/

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