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Two spiral galaxies side by side on a dark background, one seen edge-on and one almost face-on. The edge-on galaxy appears as a long slender streak of light, situated almost vertically on the left side of the image. It displays a dark interior region of dust that is surrounded and speckled by white and blue stars. A prominent blue region appears in the bottom of the galaxy. The oval shaped, nearly face-on galaxy on the right glows with white stars in the interior and blue stars near the edges. Fine regions of dark dust swirl throughout the galaxy, producing a spiral appearance. Between the galaxies there are two foreground stars that have bright bluish-white cores with four diffraction spikes radiating from their centers. Scattered across the dark background are hundreds of tiny smudges that vary in size, shape, and color. Most appear as small dots, ovals, or lines and come in different shades of white, orange, red, and blue.