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  1. A grand-design spiral galaxy 1.5 billion years after the Big Bang with JWST: aanda.org/articles/aa/full_htm -> JWST discovers massive grand-design #SpiralGalaxy from the universe's infancy: eurekalert.org/news-releases/1

  2. 📸 NGC 6946 and NGC 6939
    This deep-sky image shows two cosmic neighbors in Cepheus: open star cluster NGC 6939 at 5,600 light-years and spiral galaxy NGC 6946, The Fireworks Galaxy, at 22 million light-years. Over 68 hours of exposure reveal stunning detail and faint dust lanes.

    📅 July 4, 2025
    📷 Alberto Pisabarro / loscoloresinvisibles.com/en
    🔗 stellarsnap.space

    #APOD #NGC6946 #FireworksGalaxy #NGC6939 #Cepheus #SpiralGalaxy #OpenCluster #DeepSky #Astrophotography #StellarSnap #NightSky

  3. 📸 In the Center of Spiral Galaxy M61
    M61 (NGC 4303) is a barred spiral galaxy 55 million light-years away in the Virgo Cluster. Its bright center contains a supermassive black hole surrounded by a smaller spiral of star-forming gas — like a galaxy within a galaxy.
    📅 June 24, 2025
    📷 Robert Gendler, NASA, ESA, Hubble, ESO
    🔗 stellarsnap.space
    #APOD #M61 #NGC4303 #SpiralGalaxy #BarredSpiral #BlackHole #Galaxies #Astrophotography #StellarSnap #NASA #ESA #Hubble

  4. 📸 NGC 3521: Galaxy in a Bubble
    Spiral galaxy NGC 3521 lies 35 million light-years away in Leo. It features dusty, uneven spiral arms, star-forming regions, and young blue stars. Surrounding it are faint, bubble-like shells — likely tidal debris from past galaxy mergers.
    📅 June 19, 2025
    📷 Vikas Chander
    🔗 stellarsnap.space
    #APOD #NGC3521 #SpiralGalaxy #Leo #TidalDebris #DeepSky #Astrophotography #StellarSnap

  5. The colliding spiral galaxies of #arp274 🌀
    The triplet was the perfect subject for an experiment with a bigger format than my usual.

    In over a hundred million of years these galaxies merge -- a dance in slow motion

    #spaceart #galaxyart #galaxyartwork #starsart #dotted #pointillism #drawing #colouredink #spiralgalaxy #ngc #ngc5679 #dotwork #stippling #cosmicart #galaxy #galaxies #space #collision #nasa #NASAHubble #MastoArt

  6. The colliding spiral galaxies of #arp274 🌀
    The triplet was the perfect subject for an experiment with a bigger format than my usual.

    In over a hundred million of years these galaxies merge -- a dance in slow motion

    #spaceart #galaxyart #galaxyartwork #starsart #dotted #pointillism #drawing #colouredink #spiralgalaxy #ngc #ngc5679 #dotwork #stippling #cosmicart #galaxy #galaxies #space #collision #nasa #NASAHubble #MastoArt

  7. The colliding spiral galaxies of #arp274 🌀
    The triplet was the perfect subject for an experiment with a bigger format than my usual.

    In over a hundred million of years these galaxies merge -- a dance in slow motion

    #spaceart #galaxyart #galaxyartwork #starsart #dotted #pointillism #drawing #colouredink #spiralgalaxy #ngc #ngc5679 #dotwork #stippling #cosmicart #galaxy #galaxies #space #collision #nasa #NASAHubble #MastoArt

  8. The butterfly nebula #NGC6302

    A planetary nebula actually represents a phase that stars like our Sun experience after they use up much of their fuel.

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    Inspired by @nasa_bot @hubble

    #spaceart #dotted #pointillism #drawing #colouredink #spiralgalaxy #nebula #nebulaart #cosmicart #galaxy #space #butterflynebula #spacepainting #hubblespacetelescope #nasa