Astronomy Picture of the Day

   [1]Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our
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                                2020 March 27
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                           A Little Drop of Galaxy
               Image Credit & [3]Copyright: [4]Massimo Tamajo

   Explanation: [5]A drop of water seems to hold an entire galaxy in this
   creative [6]macro-astrophotograph. In the imaginative work of cosmic
   nature photography a close-up lens was used to image a previously made
   picture of a galaxy, viewed through a water drop suspended from a stem.
   A favorite of many telescope-wielding astroimagers, the galaxy is the
   [7]Andromeda Galaxy, also known as M31. About 100,000 light-years
   across that majestic galaxy's [8]spiral arms and dust lanes are curved
   and distorted in the image contained in the centimeter-sized droplet.
   Andromeda is some 2.5 million light-years distant, but this project was
   still [9]carried out while spending time indoors.

                     Tomorrow's picture: a light-weekend
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