This image captures NGC 7023, the Iris Nebula, alongside the dark nebula LDN 1157, a complex region of interstellar dust and gas that shapes the celestial landscape.
M51, a.k.a Whirlpool galaxy, an interacting grand-design spiral galaxy of class SA(s)bc pec ~25 million light-years away and 76,900 light-years wide in Canes Venatici.
The interacting...