Absolutely GORGEOUS image of spiral galaxy M88, about 50 light years away, looking a lot like our home Milky Way Galaxy would look if you could see it from this vantage point.
Taken by Adam Block at Mt. Lemmon where I used to hang out during grad school...
I mean 50 MILLION light years!!
(Hey but what’s 6 orders of magnitude among friends??)
Professor John Lewis (faculty at MIT then UofAZ) would call that one Sagan, defined as off by 6 (or was it 10?) orders of magnitude.
In his defense, Carl was very conceptual.
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@EubieDrew John was my PhD advisor!
