2024 April 18
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Facing NGC 1232
Image Credit & Copyright: Neil Corke
Explanation: From our vantage point in the Milky Way Galaxy, we see NGC 1232 face-on. Nearly 200,000 light-years across, the big, beautiful spiral galaxy is located some 47 million light-years away in the flowing southern constellation of Eridanus. This sharp, multi-color, telescopic image of NGC 1232 includes remarkable details of the distant island universe. From the core outward, the galaxy's colors change from the yellowish light of old stars in the center to young blue star clusters and reddish star forming regions along the grand, sweeping spiral arms. NGC 1232's apparent, small, barred-spiral companion galaxy is cataloged as NGC 1232A. Distance estimates place it much farther though, around 300 million light-years away, and unlikely to be interacting with NGC 1232. Of course, the prominent bright star with the spiky appearance is much closer than NGC 1232 and lies well within our own Milky Way.
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the girlies get to lose their shit a bit. as a treat
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creating a lolita dress with "baby, the stars shine bright" designer—kumiko uehara
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More sketches for Bright Stars fanfic! Eraser protecting his pet mèos, the two running and flying together and finally Hizashi preening like a bird along with me trying to figure out how his talon sheats function. All excuses to practice drawing their designs. I will draw kidnapped human Shinso next
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Period drama + animals
ANNE OF GREEN GABLES: THE SEQUEL (1987)
BRIDGERTON (2020 - )
THE SECRET GARDEN (1993)
ANNE WITH AN E (2017 - 2019)
BRIGHT STAR (2009)
SENSE AND SENSIBILITY (1995)
MARIE ANTOINETTE (2006)
KING ARTHUR (2004)
COLETTE (2018)
CRIMSON PEAK (2015)
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