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“Slow Gravity” | Source: ESA / Hubble Space Telescope / NASA / PHANGS-HST Team

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A vast spiral drifting through space at an unhurried pace ~ where gravity patiently sculpts stars, clouds, and glowing arms over millions of years.

A vast spiral drifting through space at an unhurried pace ~ where gravity patiently sculpts stars, clouds, and glowing arms over millions of years.

    • Object: NGC 4535

    • Type: Barred Spiral Galaxy

    • Nickname: “The Lost Galaxy”

    • Distance: ~50 million light-years from Earth

    • Constellation: Virgo (the Maiden)

    • Why It Looks Faint: Low surface brightness makes it hard to spot with small telescopes

    • What Hubble Reveals:

      • Massive spiral arms

      • A central bar of stars

      • Thousands of young star clusters

    • Pink Glow Explained:

      • Emission comes from H II regions—clouds of ionized hydrogen

      • Powered by hot, massive newborn stars

    • Star Formation: Ongoing and widespread across the spiral arms

    • PHANGS Program: Mapping ~50,000 H II regions to study how stars form from cold gas

    • Why It’s Wild: The galaxy looks calm, but it’s constantly churning out stars

    • Why It Matters: Shows how gravity shapes galaxies gently, not violently, over cosmic time

    • 🐾 Feline Perspective: So the galaxy is moving slowly? Probably hunting prey. That’s my guess.

    • Approx. 23”W x 18.5”H

    • Large format, vibrant, high-quality print on durable, semi-rigid thermoplastic.

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