Astronomy Picture of the Day

Thank you, my friend Maj William W. 'Bill' Price for posting the link to the Astronomy picture of the day from NASA's website focused on the NGC 4565 image "Galaxy on Edge."

Background from the linked site:
"Explanation: Magnificent spiral galaxy NGC 4565 is viewed edge-on from planet Earth. Also known as the Needle Galaxy for its narrow profile, bright NGC 4565 is a stop on many telescopic tours of the northern sky, in the faint but well-groomed constellation Coma Berenices. This sharp, colorful image reveals the galaxy's bulging central core cut by obscuring dust lanes that lace NGC 4565's thin galactic plane. An assortment of other background galaxies is included in the pretty field of view, with neighboring galaxy NGC 4562 at the upper right. NGC 4565 itself lies about 40 million light-years distant and spans some 100,000 light-years. Easily spotted with small telescopes, sky enthusiasts consider NGC 4565 to be a prominent celestial masterpiece Messier missed."
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Very cool and good morning Bill - this is an awesome picture of the NGC 4565 that is about 40 million light-years distant from the earth and spans some 100,000 light-years Enormous Maj William W. 'Bill' Price. Based on these other galaxies that are so far away there must be another earth like planet that is located just the right distance from the main galaxies sun (maybe?) Too bad it takes so many light years to explore these other galaxies and will man even still be here on this earth when and if that technology is ever developed. Questions to ponder my friend Bill!