Astronomy Picture of the Day · 2024
APOD 2024
364 entries from 2024: 337 images and 27 videos. 254 carry a copyright notice from the credited creator.
December 31, 2024 The Twisted Disk of NGC 4753
Image Credit: NASA , ESA , Hubble ; Processing: Alexander Reinartz
November 30, 2024 Winter and Summer on a Little Planet
Image Credit & Copyright: Camille Niel
October 31, 2024 Rigel and the Witch Head Nebula
Image Credit & Copyright: Simone Curzi
September 30, 2024 Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS over Mexico
Image Credit & Copyright: Daniel Korona
August 31, 2024 IFN and the NGC 7771 Group
Image Credit & Copyright: Steve Mandel and Bob Fera
July 31, 2024 Leopard Spots on Martian Rocks
Image Credit: NASA , JPL-Caltech , MSSS , Perseverance RoverThumbnails are loaded from their original addresses. Images remain the property of the credited creators.
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December 2024 (30)
- Dec 31 The Twisted Disk of NGC 4753
- Dec 30 M27: The Dumbbell Nebula Copyrighted
- Dec 29 Methane Bubbles Frozen in Lake Baikal Copyrighted
- Dec 28 A December Winter Night Copyrighted
- Dec 27 Planet Earth at Twilight
- Dec 26 Grand Spiral NGC 5643
- Dec 25 Diamond Dust Sky Eye Copyrighted
- Dec 24 Fox Fur, Cone, and Christmas Tree Copyrighted
- Dec 23 Christmas Tree Aurora Copyrighted
- Dec 22 The Local Fluff
- Dec 21 A Year in Sunsets Copyrighted
- Dec 20 The Long Night Moon Copyrighted
- Dec 19 Messier 2
- Dec 18 NGC 660: Polar Ring Galaxy Copyrighted
- Dec 17 Near to the Heart Nebula Copyrighted
- Dec 16 A Kilometer High Cliff on Comet Churyumov – Gerasimenko
- Dec 15 Geminid Meteors over a Snowy Forest Copyrighted
- Dec 14 Apollo 17's Moonship
- Dec 13 M51: Tidal Streams and H-alpha Cliffs Copyrighted
- Dec 12 Phaethon's Brood Copyrighted
- Dec 11 The Shells and Jets of Galaxy Centaurus A
- Dec 10 The Great Meteor Storm of 1833
- Dec 9 Pleiades: The Seven Sisters Star Cluster Copyrighted
- Dec 8 Aurora around Saturn's North Pole
- Dec 6 Xuyi Station and the Fireball Copyrighted
- Dec 5 Stereo Jupiter near Opposition Copyrighted
- Dec 4 Driveway Analemma Video Copyrighted
- Dec 3 Ice Clouds over a Red Planet
- Dec 2 NGC 300: A Galaxy of Stars Copyrighted
- Dec 1 Cosmic Latte: The Average Color of the Universe
November 2024 (30)
- Nov 30 Winter and Summer on a Little Planet Copyrighted
- Nov 29 Messier 4 Copyrighted
- Nov 28 NGC 206 and the Star Clouds of Andromeda Copyrighted
- Nov 27 The Meteor and the Comet Copyrighted
- Nov 26 The Sombrero Galaxy from Webb and Hubble
- Nov 25 The Horsehead Nebula Copyrighted
- Nov 24 Journey to the Center of the Galaxy Video
- Nov 23 Interplanetary Earth
- Nov 22 The Medusa Nebula Copyrighted
- Nov 21 The Elephant's Trunk in Cepheus Copyrighted
- Nov 20 Earthset from Orion
- Nov 19 Undulatus Clouds over Las Campanas Observatory Copyrighted
- Nov 18 Stars and Dust in the Pacman Nebula Copyrighted
- Nov 17 LDN 1471: A Windblown Star Cavity
- Nov 16 Pluto at Night
- Nov 15 Apollo 12 and Surveyor 3 Copyrighted
- Nov 14 IC 348 and Barnard 3 Copyrighted
- Nov 13 Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1365 from Webb
- Nov 12 NGC 6888: The Crescent Nebula Copyrighted
- Nov 11 The Unusual Tails of Comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas Copyrighted
- Nov 10 Valles Marineris: The Grand Canyon of Mars
- Nov 9 Neptune at Night Copyrighted
- Nov 8 Helping Hand in Cassiopeia Copyrighted
- Nov 7 Shell Galaxies in Pisces Copyrighted
- Nov 6 Comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas over the Dolomites Copyrighted
- Nov 5 Milky Way over Easter Island Copyrighted
- Nov 4 M42: The Great Nebula in Orion Copyrighted
- Nov 3 Jupiter Abyss
- Nov 2 Saturn at Night
- Nov 1 Spiral Galaxy NGC 6744 Copyrighted
October 2024 (30)
- Oct 31 Rigel and the Witch Head Nebula Copyrighted
- Oct 30 NGC 7635: The Bubble Nebula Copyrighted
- Oct 29 NGC 602: Stars Versus Pillars from Webb
- Oct 28 STEVE: A Glowing River over France Copyrighted
- Oct 27 LDN 43: The Cosmic Bat Nebula Copyrighted
- Oct 26 Phantoms in Cassiopeia Copyrighted
- Oct 25 Globular Star Cluster NGC 6752 Copyrighted
- Oct 24 NGC 7293: The Helix Nebula Copyrighted
- Oct 22 M16: Pillars of Star Creation
- Oct 21 Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS over California Copyrighted
- Oct 20 Dark Matter in a Simulated Universe Copyrighted
- Oct 19 Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS Flys Away Copyrighted
- Oct 18 Most of Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS Copyrighted
- Oct 17 The Clipper and the Comet Copyrighted
- Oct 16 Colorful Aurora over New Zealand Copyrighted
- Oct 15 Animation: Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS Tails Prediction Video Copyrighted
- Oct 14 Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS Over the Lincoln Memorial Copyrighted
- Oct 13 Aurora Timelapse Over Italian Alps Video Copyrighted
- Oct 12 Northern Lights, West Virginia Copyrighted
- Oct 11 Ring of Fire over Easter Island Copyrighted
- Oct 10 Five Bright Comets from SOHO
- Oct 9 M106: A Spiral Galaxy with a Strange Center Copyrighted
- Oct 8 Annular Eclipse over Patagonia Copyrighted
- Oct 7 The Long Tails Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS Copyrighted
- Oct 6 The Magnificent Tail of Comet McNaught Copyrighted
- Oct 5 M27: Not a Comet Copyrighted
- Oct 4 Comet at Moonrise Copyrighted
- Oct 3 Eclipse at Sunrise Copyrighted
- Oct 2 The Large Magellanic Cloud Galaxy Copyrighted
- Oct 1 Porphyrion: The Longest Known Black Hole Jets Video
September 2024 (30)
- Sep 30 Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS over Mexico Copyrighted
- Sep 29 Seven Dusty Sisters Copyrighted
- Sep 28 Rocket Eclipse at Sunset Copyrighted
- Sep 27 Stellar Streams in the Local Universe
- Sep 26 The Great Globular Cluster in Hercules Copyrighted
- Sep 25 Comet A3 Through an Australian Sunrise Copyrighted
- Sep 24 NGC 6727: The Rampaging Baboon Nebula Copyrighted
- Sep 23 Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS Approaches Copyrighted
- Sep 22 Chicagohenge: Equinox in an Aligned City Copyrighted
- Sep 21 Sunrise Shadows in the Sky Copyrighted
- Sep 20 A Hazy Harvest Moon Copyrighted
- Sep 19 The Dark Seahorse of Cepheus Copyrighted
- Sep 18 The Mermaid Nebula Supernova Remnant Copyrighted
- Sep 17 Melotte 15 in the Heart Nebula Copyrighted
- Sep 16 Mercury's Vivaldi Crater from BepiColombo
- Sep 15 Find the Man in the Moon Copyrighted
- Sep 14 The Moona Lisa Copyrighted
- Sep 13 Aurora Australis and the International Space Station
- Sep 12 Young Star Cluster NGC 1333
- Sep 11 A Night Sky over the Tatra Mountains
- Sep 10 Horsehead and Orion Nebulas Copyrighted
- Sep 9 Mars: Moon, Craters, and Volcanos
- Sep 8 M31: The Andromeda Galaxy Copyrighted
- Sep 7 Small Moon Deimos
- Sep 6 Ringed Ice Giant Neptune
- Sep 5 NGC 247 and Friends Copyrighted
- Sep 4 NGC 6995: The Bat Nebula Copyrighted
- Sep 3 Quarter Moon and Sister Stars Copyrighted
- Sep 2 A Triangular Prominence Hovers Over the Sun Copyrighted
- Sep 1 The Moon Dressed Like Saturn Copyrighted
August 2024 (31)
- Aug 31 IFN and the NGC 7771 Group Copyrighted
- Aug 30 Southern Moonscape Copyrighted
- Aug 29 Star Factory Messier 17 Copyrighted
- Aug 28 Tulip Nebula and Black Hole Cygnus X-1 Copyrighted
- Aug 27 Gallery:
- Aug 26 Perseid Meteors Over Inner Mongolia Video
- Aug 25 Fresh Tiger Stripes on Saturn's Enceladus
- Aug 24 South Pacific Shadowset Copyrighted
- Aug 23 Supernova Remnant CTA 1 Copyrighted
- Aug 22 The Dark Tower in Scorpius Copyrighted
- Aug 21 Fermi's 12-year All-Sky Gamma-ray Map
- Aug 20 Supermoon Beyond the Temple of Poseidon
- Aug 19 IC 5146: The Cocoon Nebula Copyrighted
- Aug 18 A Solar Prominence Eruption from SDO Video
- Aug 17 Sky Full of Arcs Copyrighted
- Aug 16 Meteor Borealis Copyrighted
- Aug 15 Late Night Vallentuna Copyrighted
- Aug 14 Meteors and Aurora over Germany Copyrighted
- Aug 13 Giant Jet from the International Space Station
- Aug 12 Perseid Meteors over Stonehenge Copyrighted
- Aug 11 Animation: Perseid Meteor Shower Video
- Aug 10 The Light, Dark, and Dusty Trifid Copyrighted
- Aug 9 A Perseid Below
- Aug 8 Periodic Comet Swift-Tuttle Copyrighted
- Aug 7 Milky Way Behind Three Merlons Copyrighted
- Aug 6 Storm Cloud Over Texas Copyrighted
- Aug 5 Milky Way Over Tunisia Copyrighted
- Aug 4 Gaia: Here Comes the Sun Video
- Aug 3 Glory and Fog Bow Copyrighted
- Aug 2 Mars Passing By Copyrighted
- Aug 1 Comet Olbers over Kunetice Castle Copyrighted
July 2024 (31)
- Jul 31 Leopard Spots on Martian Rocks
- Jul 30 Arp 142: Interacting Galaxies from Webb Copyrighted
- Jul 29 Milky Way over Uluru Copyrighted
- Jul 28 Sun Dance Video
- Jul 27 Saturn at the Moon's Edge Copyrighted
- Jul 26 Facing NGC 6946 Copyrighted
- Jul 25 NGC 7023: The Iris Nebula Copyrighted
- Jul 24 Exaggerated Moon
- Jul 23 The Crab Nebula from Visible to X-Ray
- Jul 22 Chamaeleon Dark Nebulas Copyrighted
- Jul 21 King of Wings Hoodoo under the Milky Way Copyrighted
- Jul 20 Apollo 11 Landing Panorama
- Jul 19 Anticrepuscular Rays at the Planet Festival Copyrighted
- Jul 18 Messier 24: Sagittarius Star Cloud Copyrighted
- Jul 17 Villarrica Volcano Against the Sky Video Copyrighted
- Jul 16 Cometary Globules Copyrighted
- Jul 15 The Tadpole Galaxy from Hubble
- Jul 14 Meteor Misses Galaxy Copyrighted
- Jul 13 Solar System Family Portrait
- Jul 12 Jones-Emberson 1 Copyrighted
- Jul 11 Globular Cluster Omega Centauri Copyrighted
- Jul 10 A Sagittarius Triplet Copyrighted
- Jul 9 Noctilucent Clouds over Florida Copyrighted
- Jul 8 Exoplanet Zoo: Other Stars Copyrighted
- Jul 7 Iridescent Clouds over Sweden
- Jul 6 NGC 7789: Caroline's Rose Copyrighted
- Jul 5 Mount Etna Milky Way Copyrighted
- Jul 4 A Beautiful Trifid Copyrighted
- Jul 3 M83: Star Streams and a Thousand Rubies Copyrighted
- Jul 2 NGC 602: Oyster Star Cluster
- Jul 1 Time Spiral
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June 2024 (30)
- Jun 30 Earthrise: A Video Reconstruction Video
- Jun 29 A Solstice Moon Copyrighted
- Jun 28 Comet 13P/Olbers Copyrighted
- Jun 27 Protostellar Outflows in Serpens
- Jun 26 Timelapse: Aurora, SAR, and the Milky Way Video Copyrighted
- Jun 25 The Dark Doodad Nebula Copyrighted
- Jun 24 JADES-GS-z14-0: A New Farthest Object
- Jun 23 The Colors of Saturn from Cassini
- Jun 22 Lynds Dark Nebula 1251 Copyrighted
- Jun 21 Hubble's NGC 1546
- Jun 20 Sandy and the Moon Halo Copyrighted
- Jun 19 NGC 6188: Dragons of Ara Copyrighted
- Jun 18 Gigantic Jets over Himalayan Mountains Copyrighted
- Jun 17 Ou4: The Giant Squid Nebula Copyrighted
- Jun 16 Animation: Black Hole Destroys Star Video
- Jun 15 Prominences and Filaments on the Active Sun Copyrighted
- Jun 14 RCW 85 Copyrighted
- Jun 13 Messier 66 Close Up
- Jun 12 Aurora over Karkonosze Mountains Copyrighted
- Jun 11 Colorful Stars and Clouds near Rho Ophiuchi Copyrighted
- Jun 10 Sh2-132: The Lion Nebula Copyrighted
- Jun 9 How to Identify that Light in the Sky Copyrighted
- Jun 8 Pandora's Cluster of Galaxies
- Jun 7 SH2-308: The Dolphin Head Nebula Copyrighted
- Jun 6 NGC 4565: Galaxy on Edge Copyrighted
- Jun 5 Shadow of a Martian Robot Copyrighted
- Jun 4 Comet Pons-Brooks Develops Opposing Tails Copyrighted
- Jun 3 NGC 2403 in Camelopardalis Copyrighted
- Jun 2 Rotating Moon from LRO Video
- Jun 1 Stereo Helene
May 2024 (31)
- May 31 The Nebulous Realm of WR 134 Copyrighted
- May 30 A Lunar Corona over Paris Copyrighted
- May 29 Stairway to the Milky Way Copyrighted
- May 28 Solar X Flare as Famous Active Region Returns Video
- May 27 Chamaeleon I Molecular Cloud Copyrighted
- May 26 A Solar Filament Erupts
- May 25 Manicouagan Impact Crater from Space
- May 24 M78 from the Euclid Space Telescope
- May 23 Unraveling NGC 3169 Copyrighted
- May 22 Green Aurora over Sweden Copyrighted
- May 21 CG4: The Globule and the Galaxy
- May 20 Aurora Dome Sky Copyrighted
- May 19 Jupiter Diving Video
- May 18 North Celestial Aurora Copyrighted
- May 17 Aurora Banks Peninsula Copyrighted
- May 16 Aurora Georgia Copyrighted
- May 15 AR 3664 at the Sun's Edge Copyrighted
- May 14 The 37 Cluster Copyrighted
- May 13 AR 3664 on a Setting Sun Copyrighted
- May 12 Red Aurora over Poland Copyrighted
- May 11 AR 3664: Giant Sunspot Group Copyrighted
- May 10 Simulation: Two Black Holes Merge Video
- May 9 The Galaxy, the Jet, and a Famous Black Hole
- May 8 Visualization: A Black Hole Accretion Disk Video
- May 7 Black Hole Accreting with Jet
- May 6 A Total Solar Eclipse from Sliver to Ring Video Copyrighted
- May 5 A Black Hole Disrupts a Passing Star
- May 4 3 ATs Copyrighted
- May 3 Temperatures on Exoplanet WASP-43b
- May 2 M100: A Grand Design Spiral Galaxy Copyrighted
- May 1 IC 1795: The Fishhead Nebula Copyrighted
April 2024 (30)
- Apr 30 GK Per: Nova and Planetary Nebula Copyrighted
- Apr 29 Comet, Planet, Moon Copyrighted
- Apr 28 Rings Around the Ring Nebula Copyrighted
- Apr 27 All Sky Moon Shadow Copyrighted
- Apr 26 Regulus and the Dwarf Galaxy Copyrighted
- Apr 25 NGC 604: Giant Stellar Nursery
- Apr 24 Dragon's Egg Bipolar Emission Nebula Copyrighted
- Apr 23 Contrail Shadow X Copyrighted
- Apr 22 Moon and Smoke Rings from Mt. Etna Copyrighted
- Apr 21 Perijove 16: Passing Jupiter Video
- Apr 20 Diamonds in the Sky Copyrighted
- Apr 19 The Great Carina Nebula Copyrighted
- Apr 18 Facing NGC 1232 Copyrighted
- Apr 17 Total Eclipse and Comets Copyrighted
- Apr 16 Filaments of the Vela Supernova Remnant
- Apr 15 The Cigar Galaxy from Hubble and Webb
- Apr 14 How a Total Solar Eclipse Ended Video Copyrighted
- Apr 13 Palm Tree Partial Eclipse Copyrighted
- Apr 12 Total Totality Copyrighted
- Apr 11 Eclipse in Seven Copyrighted
- Apr 10 Planets Around a Total Eclipse
- Apr 9 Moon's Shadow over Lake Magog Copyrighted
- Apr 8 The Changing Ion Tail of Comet Pons-Brooks Copyrighted
- Apr 7 A Total Solar Eclipse over Wyoming Copyrighted
- Apr 6 Unwinding M51 Copyrighted
- Apr 5 The Solar Corona Unwrapped Copyrighted
- Apr 4 Comet Pons-Brooks at Night Copyrighted
- Apr 3 Unusual Nebula Pa 30
- Apr 2 Detailed View of a Solar Eclipse Corona Copyrighted
- Apr 1 Swirling Magnetic Field around Our Galaxy's Central Black Hole
March 2024 (31)
- Mar 31 Total Solar Eclipse Below the Bottom of the World Copyrighted
- Mar 30 Medieval Astronomy from Melk Abbey Copyrighted
- Mar 29 Galileo's Europa
- Mar 28 Millions of Stars in Omega Centauri Copyrighted
- Mar 27 The Coma Cluster of Galaxies Copyrighted
- Mar 26 Comet Pons-Brooks' Ion Tail
- Mar 25 Sonified: The Jellyfish Nebula Supernova Remnant Video
- Mar 24 Looking Back at an Eclipsed Earth Copyrighted
- Mar 23 Ares 3 Landing Site: The Martian Revisited
- Mar 22 Phobos: Moon over Mars
- Mar 21 The Leo Trio Copyrighted
- Mar 20 The Eyes in Markarian's Galaxy Chain Copyrighted
- Mar 19 A Picturesque Equinox Sunset Copyrighted
- Mar 18 Comet Pons-Brooks' Swirling Coma Copyrighted
- Mar 17 NGC 7714: Starburst after Galaxy Collision Copyrighted
- Mar 16 ELT and the Milky Way
- Mar 15 Portrait of NGC 1055 Copyrighted
- Mar 14 Moon Pi and Mountain Shadow Copyrighted
- Mar 13 The Seagull Nebula Copyrighted
- Mar 12 A Galaxy-Shaped Rocket Exhaust Spiral Copyrighted
- Mar 11 A Full Plankton Moon Copyrighted
- Mar 10 A Total Eclipse at the End of the World Copyrighted
- Mar 9 Comet Pons-Brooks in Northern Spring Copyrighted
- Mar 8 The Tarantula Zone Copyrighted
- Mar 7 The Crew-8 Nebula Copyrighted
- Mar 6 M102: Edge-on Disk Galaxy
- Mar 5 NGC 2170: Angel Nebula Abstract Art Copyrighted
- Mar 4 Light Pillars Over Inner Mongolia Copyrighted
- Mar 3 A Total Solar Eclipse Close-Up in Real Time Video Copyrighted
- Mar 2 Odysseus on the Moon
- Mar 1 Odysseus and The Dish Copyrighted
February 2024 (29)
- Feb 29 Julius Caesar and Leap Days
- Feb 28 Shades of Night Copyrighted
- Feb 27 Supernova Remnant Simeis 147 Copyrighted
- Feb 26 Martian Moon Eclipses Martian Moon Video
- Feb 25 A Phoenix Aurora over Iceland Copyrighted
- Feb 24 Odysseus to the Moon
- Feb 23 The Pencil Nebula Supernova Shock Wave Copyrighted
- Feb 22 A View Toward M106 Copyrighted
- Feb 21 Seagull Nebula over Pinnacles' Peak Copyrighted
- Feb 20 AM1054: Stars Form as Galaxies Collide
- Feb 19 Looking Sideways from the Parker Solar Probe Video
- Feb 18 Hoag's Object: A Nearly Perfect Ring Galaxy
- Feb 17 Meteor over the Bay of Naples Copyrighted
- Feb 16 Structure in the Tail of Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks Copyrighted
- Feb 15 NGC 253: Dusty Island Universe Copyrighted
- Feb 14 Rosette Deep Field Copyrighted
- Feb 13 A January Wolf Moon Copyrighted
- Feb 12 HFG1 & Abell 6: Planetary Nebulae Copyrighted
- Feb 11 Rocket Plume Shadow Points to the Moon
- Feb 10 The Shadow of Ingenuity's Damaged Rotor Blade
- Feb 9 When Roses Aren't Red Copyrighted
- Feb 8 Globular Star Cluster 47 Tuc Copyrighted
- Feb 7 The Heart Shaped Antennae Galaxies Copyrighted
- Feb 6 NGC 1566: A Spiral Galaxy from Webb and Hubble Copyrighted
- Feb 5 In the Core of the Carina Nebula Copyrighted
- Feb 4 The Cone Nebula from Hubble
- Feb 3 Apollo 14: A View from Antares
- Feb 2 NGC 1893 and the Tadpoles of IC 410 Copyrighted
- Feb 1 NGC 1365: Majestic Island Universe Copyrighted
January 2024 (31)
- Jan 31 Camera Orion Rising Copyrighted
- Jan 30 SLIM Lands on the Moon Copyrighted
- Jan 29 The Pleiades: Seven Dusty Sisters Copyrighted
- Jan 28 Pluto in True Color
- Jan 27 Full Observatory Moon Copyrighted
- Jan 26 Epsilon Tauri: Star with Planet Copyrighted
- Jan 25 Jyväskylä in the Sky Copyrighted
- Jan 24 Earth and Moon from Beyond
- Jan 23 Deep Nebulas: From Seagull to California Copyrighted
- Jan 22 Shadows of Mountain and Moon Copyrighted
- Jan 21 The Upper Michigan Blizzard of 1938
- Jan 20 Falcon Heavy Boostback Burn Copyrighted
- Jan 19 Jupiter over 2 Hours and 30 Minutes
- Jan 18 Northern Lights from the Stratosphere Copyrighted
- Jan 17 America and the Sea of Serenity Copyrighted
- Jan 16 The Orion You Can Almost See Copyrighted
- Jan 15 Star Cluster IC 348 from Webb
- Jan 14 Dragon Aurora over Iceland Copyrighted
- Jan 13 Circling the Sun Copyrighted
- Jan 12 Good Morning Moon Copyrighted
- Jan 11 Quadrantids of the North Copyrighted
- Jan 10 The Light, the Dark, and the Dusty Copyrighted
- Jan 9 Thor's Helmet Copyrighted
- Jan 8 The Phases of Venus
- Jan 7 The Cat's Eye Nebula in Optical and X-ray Copyrighted
- Jan 6 The Snows of Churyumov-Gerasimenko Video
- Jan 5 Trapezium: At the Heart of Orion Copyrighted
- Jan 4 Zeta Oph: Runaway Star
- Jan 3 A SAR Arc from New Zealand Copyrighted
- Jan 2 Rocket Transits Rippling Moon Copyrighted
- Jan 1 NGC 1232: A Grand Design Spiral Galaxy
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