Yesterdar's Astronomy Picture of the Day © NASA: Messier 99 REMARKABLE: Welcome back to a pure astronomic picture! Last days we have almost had more earthly photos due to the special event Annular Solar Eclipse. But today we have a marvelous BLUE spiral galaxy, located at constellation Coma Bernices. Enjoy! Grand design spiral galaxy Messier 99 looks majestic on a truly cosmic scale. This recently processed full galaxy portrait stretches over 70,000 light-years across M99. The sharp view is a combination of ultraviolet, visible, and infrared image data from the Hubble Space Telescope. About 50 million light-years distant toward the well-groomed constellation Coma Bernices, the face-on spiral is a member of the nearby Virgo Galaxy Cluster. Also cataloged as NGC 4254, a close encounter with another Virgo cluster member has likely influenced the shape of its well-defined, blue spiral arms. PD: If you want to see the picture's day, please, go to my channel, which is yours, as well:): https://noise.cash/c/astronomy-picture-of-the-day-x4l7j261 #Astronomy
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