Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Leo (Leo)  ·  Contains:  NGC 3521
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NGC-3521 - A Celestial 'Bubble' of a Different Type, Steve Solon and Terry Chatterton
NGC-3521 - A Celestial 'Bubble' of a Different Type
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NGC-3521 - A Celestial 'Bubble' of a Different Type

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NGC-3521 - A Celestial 'Bubble' of a Different Type

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It appears that bubble shapes abound in the night sky. We have the "Bubble Nebula", a beautiful planetary, and we also have the "Bubble Galaxy", shown here. Located 26 million light years away in Leo, 3521 is a loosely-wound spiral, tipped about 72 degrees to our line of sight. It is described as a flocculent, or 'fluffy', type of spiral due to the relative disorganization of its main spiral arm.

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NGC-3521 - A Celestial 'Bubble' of a Different Type, Steve Solon and Terry Chatterton