Good ideas and conversation. No ads, no tracking. Login or Take a Tour!
Wow. Looks fantastic. My guess is that the smaller disk in the image is another galaxy. Are the brighter spots farther galaxies or are they just really bright stars?
user-inactivated · 3243 days ago · link ·
The pinpoints of light in the image are stars in the Milky Way and are closer to us than M31, the Andromeda galaxy. The round smudge at about 11 o'clock, is a companion galaxy much like our Magenellic Clouds. M110 is the elongated smudge at the 5 o'clock position, which is a much bigger companion galaxy.