Ain’t it purty? OK. I’ve been to too many Oklahoma! rehearsals. But it is beautiful.

Space photo of the day 06/30
SA/JPL-Caltech/R. Kennicutt/University of Arizona and the SINGS Team
June 30, 2010
This image of spiral galaxy NGC 3627, also known as Messier 66, was captured by the Spitzer Infrared Nearby Galaxy Survey Legacy Project. NGC 3627 is estimated to be 30 million light-years away, towards the constellation Leo. Astronomers suspect that the galaxy’s distorted shape is caused by its ongoing gravitational interactions with its neighbors Messier 65 and NGC 3628. NGC 3627 is another brilliant example of a barred spiral galaxy, the most common type of disk galaxy in the local universe.
Filed under: Astronomy, Photos, Space photos | Tagged: Messier 66, NGC 3627, Spitzer Infrared Nearby Galaxy Survey.SINGS |
Wow!
That’s just breath-taking! One of my favorites so far!
Very pretty indeed 🙂
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