Behold the Leo triplet. Three spiral galaxy each comparable in size to our own Milky Way and within close proximity to each other. According to NASA this trio is 30 million lightyears distant and the field of this image spans 500,000 lightyear.
#space #astronomy #cosmology #spaceexploration #fact #facts #learning #leotriplet #wisdom #carlsagan #neildegrassetyson #billnye #followforfollow #nasa #esa #astrophotography #physics #distance #perspective #einstein #alberteinstein #solarsystem #milkyway #newhorizons #earth #collectiveinsight #scale #cosmos #nature #galaxy by collectiveinsight
Ähnliche Beiträge
i.learned.today posted on instagram
I learned today that the galaxy known as NGC6502, shown above, is actually the product of two separate galaxies crashing into each other and combining. The "new" galaxy is located approximately 230 million light-years away from Earth. 
Photo credit: NASA (Hubble Space Telescope) #space #stars #hubble #hubblespacetelescope #science #astronomy #universe…