APOD 3.4

Today's APOD is from February 5th and quite a sight to behold.

This is a photo of a spiral galaxy that is not unlike our own milky way galaxy 20 million light years away from us. This is called spiral galaxy NGC 2683 and it is located in our Lynx constellation. This is a very unique and beautiful view of the galaxy from its edge to give it an even more disk-like effect. This picture is made from combined data from the Subaru telescope and the Hubble space telescope. I really like this picture since one can actually see several detailed images of galaxies even further behind the spiral. I chose this photo since it really helps give perspective to just how small we and our problems are. In the grand scheme of things, we are just, as Kansas says, Dust in the Wind.