Pinwheel Galaxy Captured in Dazzling Color

More jaw dropping images... what a gorgeous universe we live in.

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The Pinwheel Galaxy is one of the most fantastic spiral galaxies to view from Earth because it is facing us, displaying the full glory of its awesome shape. This new three-color composite image was captured by the Isaac Newton Telescope in La Palma, Spain.

Though the galaxy, which measures 170,000 light-years across, is visible with the naked eye as a fuzzy spot, large telescopes are needed to see any detail.

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[edit on 24/9/2009 by serbsta]

Wow, that is wonderful.

Sometimes you just have to pause and appreciate the beauty of the universe.

wow. Its amazing. If i worked at one of these observatories, i dont think i would ever sleep. Would just want to look at this sort of thing all night.

Originally posted by grantbeed
wow. Its amazing. If i worked at one of these observatories, i dont think i would ever sleep. Would just want to look at this sort of thing all night.

Me neither!

The above picture is literally a perfection of a spiral galaxy... it couldn't possible look better! Could it?