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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://astrodon.social/users/kellylepo/statuses/110855622994505608">Kelly Lepo (kellylepo@astrodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Dec-2023 15:06:23 JST</a><a href="https://astrodon.social/@kellylepo" title="kellylepo@astrodon.social"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/28639-48-20221116180105.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Kelly Lepo" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Kelly Lepo</a><div><ul><li></ul></div></section><article><p>To celebrate <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/Hubble" rel="tag">#Hubble</a>'s 27th anniversary in 2017, <a href="https://astrodon.social/@spacetelescope">@spacetelescope</a> released this image of a pair of spiral galaxies, NGC 4302 and NGC 4298.</p><p>From our view on Earth, NGC 4302 (left) has an inclination of 90 degrees, which is exactly edge-on. NGC 4298 (right) is tilted at about 70 degrees.</p><p>While these galaxies may look different because we see them at different angles, their structure and contents are actually very similar. </p><p>Learn more: <a href="https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2017/news-2017-14.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2017/news-2017-14.html</a></p><p>1/<br><a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/Astronomy" rel="tag">#Astronomy</a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/Galaxy" rel="tag">#Galaxy</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/2472041#notice-4890952">In conversation</a><time datetime="2023-12-19T15:06:23+09:00" title="Tuesday, 19-Dec-2023 15:06:23 JST">about a year ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://astrodon.social/@kellylepo/110855622994505608" rel="external" title="Sent from astrodon.social via ActivityPub">astrodon.social</a></span></span><a href="https://astrodon.social/@kellylepo/110855622994505608">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/1986394">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.</a></label><br><a href="https://cdn.masto.host/astrodonsocial/media_attachments/files/110/855/568/102/618/245/original/f5e4df1a740bdf8f.png" rel="external">https://cdn.masto.host/astrodonsocial/media_attachments/files/110/855/568/102/618/245/original/f5e4df1a740bdf8f.png</a></li><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/1986395">Untitled attachment</a></label><br></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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Kelly Lepo (kellylepo@astrodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Dec-2023 15:06:23 JSTKelly Lepo
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To celebrate #Hubble's 27th anniversary in 2017, @spacetelescope released this image of a pair of spiral galaxies, NGC 4302 and NGC 4298.
From our view on Earth, NGC 4302 (left) has an inclination of 90 degrees, which is exactly edge-on. NGC 4298 (right) is tilted at about 70 degrees.
While these galaxies may look different because we see them at different angles, their structure and contents are actually very similar.
Learn more: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2017/news-2017-14.html
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1. 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.
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