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[–]kimmeister18 4 points5 points ago

Oooooohhh... Awwwwwwwwh

[–]xitssammi 1 point2 points ago

Yes, and right in the middle is a Super Massive Black Hole keeping all of the solar systems, clouds, and other celestial objects in orbit just like the one in our own galaxy. ;)

[–]LuridTeaParty 2 points3 points ago

So what's it made of to give this impression?

[–]uncleawesome 3 points4 points ago

Dust. Lots of dust.

[–]SumTimesIRhymes -1 points0 points ago

hydrogen+gravity+time

[–]hanizen 2 points3 points ago

fuck how exotic

[–]KingoftheAnimus 1 point2 points ago

Also known as Messier 64.

[–]Scorp63[S] 0 points1 point ago

Was looking through the Wiki list of Messier objects (this one is 64, as KingoftheAnimus stated) and saw this one; had never seen it before.

Definitely one of the neatest shots of a galaxy I've ever seen.

[–]EnglishBulldog 1 point2 points ago

We need way more high quality images of Messier 64

[–]pluffmudpie 1 point2 points ago

That is sexy, and I'm not even kidding.

[–]TheYe 1 point2 points ago

I just had an spacegasm