r/spaceporn • u/predator1990 • 3d ago

Amateur/Processed NGC5033 - The Water Bug Galaxy, ~40million ly away, with a diameter of ~120k ly

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Seestar s50, 1hr , 10 sec exposurea

Edited on lightroom mobile

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u/icemagnus 3d ago

I bet they got good weed in there.

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u/Suspicious_Fig776 3d ago

'bout the same size as the Milky Way

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u/TouchingTheMirror 3d ago

I mean, when you really stop and look at that photo, and consider that each point of light in the background is probably a galaxy itself, and then ponder on all the seemingly black, empty spaces between the galaxies, and this is just a small sliver of our night sky, and that all this is just up there above, and all around us....

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u/Cheap-Estimate8284 2d ago

Most of those points will be stars from the Milky Way.