Messier 96: Amateur Image vs. Hubble Image
Messier 96 (M96) is a spiral galaxy 35 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. The galaxy resembles a giant maelstrom of glowing gas, rippled with dark dust that swirls inwards toward the nucleus. It is about the same mass and size as our own Milky Way galaxy. The left image was taken with an 8-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope using a 0.63x focal reducer and a DSLR Camera. The right image was taken by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope.
Image Credit: Amateur Image: Photographed by and used with permission of K. Hartnett; Hubble Image: ESA/Hubble & NASA and the LEGUS Team; Acknowledgment: R. Gendler
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Image CreditAmateur Image: Photographed by and used with permission of K. Hartnett; Hubble Image: ESA/Hubble & NASA and the LEGUS Team; Acknowledgment: R. Gendler
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