Once again, the view way up there is far more beautiful than the view down here. You're looking at the FIRST IMAGES from the state-of-the-art Vera Rubin Observatory! These are of the Virgo cluster, a cluster of over 1000 gravitationally bound galaxies, 50 million light years away. The first image shows two beautiful spiral galaxies in the lower right, and three interacting galaxies in the upper right (you can see the tidal tails connecting them).
Tomorrow, more images are going to be released!
Tomorrow, more images are going to be released!