Pretty blue spiral galaxy IC 5332

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Pretty blue spiral galaxy IC 5332

Post by Ann » Wed Nov 03, 2010 6:05 pm

Well, I'm in serious withdrawal for a pretty blue spiral galaxy with star formation regions lined up like pearls on a string, so I guess I'd better post such a spiral myself, eh?

Here you are - IC 5332, courtesy of http://www.astro.rug.nl. Enjoy!

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Re: APOD: The Necklace Nebula (2010 Nov 03)

Post by Chris Peterson » Wed Nov 03, 2010 6:10 pm

Ann wrote:Well, I'm in serious withdrawal for a pretty blue spiral galaxy with star formation regions lined up like pearls on a string, so I guess I'd better post such a spiral myself, eh?
Well, no, you shouldn't. This has nothing to do with the APOD discussion. You should post it in one of the other forum sections- it's just confusing things here.
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