2021 August 13 - A Perfect Spiral
Channel: APOD Podcast
Date: 13/08/2021

In today's image, we see a spiral galaxy as seen almost directly from above (or below!) The galaxy shows the distinct dust lanes, red hydrogen regions, and blue star cluster typically associated with spiral galaxies. 

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