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Astronomy Images
Eagle Nebula
Comet Hale-Bopp
Horsehead Nebula
Globular Star Cluster, Messier 5
Messier 16
Milky Way Vista
Edge-on Spiral Galaxy
Trifid Nebula
Virgo Cluster of Galaxies
Telescopes and Observatories
Gemini Hawaii - 1
Gemini Hawaii - 2
DAO Telescopes
DRAO Telescopes
CFHT Telescope
JCMT Telescope
Gemini South
Located about 30 million light years away, this large spiral galaxy, NGC 4565, consisting of billions of stars, is seen from the side. It is spiral in shape like our own Milky Way, which in dark skies we see as a band of faint light.
Courtesy of Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope/Coelum