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Spiral Galaxy With Dust Lane

A side-on view of a spiral galaxy featuring a bright central bulge, a thin disc, and a prominent, dark, knotted dust lane set against a star-filled black background.

The Needle Galaxy edge-on, a thin golden disc split lengthwise by a knotted dust lane, a bright bulge at the centre and a faint halo around it, deep-sky imaging, long broadband exposure, sharp dust structure on black See more

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