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Spiral galaxy, NGC 3521 is about 35 million light-years away, toward the constellation Leo. Relatively bright in planet Earth’s sky, it is easily visible in small telescopes but often overlooked by amateur imagers in favor of other, more popular, spiral galaxies, like M66 and M65. It’s hard to overlook in this colorful cosmic portrait, though. Spanning some 50,000 light-years the galaxy has characteristic patchy, irregular spiral arms laced with dust, pink star forming regions, and clusters of young, blue stars. This image also shows the galaxy embedded in gigantic bubble-like shells. They are likely tidal debris, which are streams of stars torn from satellite galaxies that have undergone mergers with NGC 3521 in the distant past.
Happy Easter to everyone who celebrates!
Image Credit & Copyright: Acquisition - Eric Benson, Processing - Dietmar Hager
Sunrise miles with a happy doggo
My favourite partner in crime ❤️
Tough but wonderful mountain run this morning. My legs feel shredded, N dog could have gone for days.
The inclines were a killer, my lungs felt like they were going to burst, but oh that feeling of freedom-the day when pace and distance don’t matter, and it just feels right.
Finally getting out to break in the new trail runners! Fighting a bit of a mental slump but got 6 hilly kilometers in this morning bringing this week’s total to 27km. Easing both N dog and I into 2019
And I think she’s happy to be back
Marshall’s Beach, CA
A rainy day in Lake Louise means a morning hike instead of a morning paddle. #lakeagnes #lakelouise #banff #alberta #trails #hiking #hikerdog #wetdog #notimpressed #adventuredog #pugx #dogstagram #dogsofig #hikingwithdogs #wilderness #nature #neverstopexploring #wanderlust #explore (at Lake Agnes Tea House)
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