The Tadpole galaxy by Hubble, Its eye-catching tail is about 280,000 light-years long. Also known as UGC 10214 and Arp 188, it is a disrupted barred spiral galaxy located 420 million light-years from Earth in the northern constellation Draco. Credit Image: NASA/ESA/HST/STScI.TOGHeinz t1_j9bsvb7 wrote
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These kind of pictures always blow my mind. The main subject is absolutely fascinating. But just taking a gander beyond and seeing the sheer number of galaxies, realizing the distances and stars in each, understanding it’s only a tiny fraction of the sky and this is all around us in every direction.. it’s staggering.
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