2.06.2012

This galaxy NGC 891, the size of which about 100 thousand light-years from our point of view it is seen nearly edge. NGC 891 in the constellation Andromeda, is from us at a distance of 30 million light-years away and is very similar to our own Milky Way. Immediately attracts the attention of its flat, thin disk and a central bulge, which crosses the dark band of obscuring dust. The image can be seen as young, blue star clusters and pinkish star forming regions.

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