The Mirror Galaxy, M100 // Rolf Olsen

Clearly the Mirror Galaxy is in an area of the sky rich with other galaxies. M100 is a member of the Virgo Cluster, and is about 55 million light years away.

This galaxy was discovered by Méchain in 1781, and played a role in the first observations of the Hubble Space Telescope. Within weeks of launch of the HST in 1990, operators noticed a flaw in the optical system causing the images to be blurrier than expected. This was caused by the fact that the optical mirror had been polished to the wrong shape: the outer perimeter of the mirror was too flat by about 2,200 nanometers (1/11,000 of an inch)!

To fix the issue, NASA sent up a servicing mission in December 1993 and installed what are effectively corrective glasses. In January 1994, NASA declared the mission a complete success and showed the first sharper images. Below, you can see what a difference corrective optics makes!

Left: M100 in 1993 before corrective optics. Middle: M100 in 1994 after corrective optics. Right: M100 in 2018 with a new camera.

NGC 3324, Magic Mirror

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knowing that not only was i clowned several times for thinking that will poulter was hot as gally in the maze runner but i was absolutely 100% ready to get dicked down by him as colin ritman in black mirror

just to see that ppl now think hes hot??

yall hes been hot that man was fucking GORGEOUS before guardians of the galaxy what were yall on i feel scammed now bc i feel like a will poulter dickrider but ive been here since 2013

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mccoy always teases spock about keeping his feelings tucked away and not let them affect him (although we all know they do), and how it prevents him of living life to the fullest. spock has got to do it because he was treated as different all his life for being only half vulcan, so now he's gotta be at least two times more vulcan so other vulcans will start to consider him one of theirs, even though he will never be the same as them. but actually, mccoy himself keeps his heart guarded because his life is unbearable. he hates space, travelling in space, being in closed environments, he didn't even want to be a doctor, suffered a hard divorce and left a daughter behind. mccoy has got to guard his heart every minute of every day, cause otherwise he would suffer. mccoy teases spock for what he himself does every single day, because he knows you could live like that, but in his eyes it's so much better to experience life to the fullest, especially if what you do in life gives you joy and purpose. he doesn't want anyone to live like he has to if they have, in his eyes, a better alternative

Mirror and star Allie sketches??? More likely than you’d think

The Mirror Galaxy, M100 // sydney

Seen almost face-on, the Mirror Galaxy is a starburst galaxy with strong bursts of star formation happening in the central regions of the galaxy over the last 500 million years. M100 has two satellite galaxies visible in this image, NGC 4323 (bottom) and NGC 4328 (left), connected to M100 by a bridge of stars.

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So Mir Falspar and Mir Dragato are in an on and off relationship, right? But what about regular Dragato and Falspar? Are they just friends?

In the prime world, Falspar and Dragato have been friends for ages as far as any one can tell, even if they do break out into feuds more often than not. Dragato's always been pretty content with this. Falspar knows he's supposed to be content with this too. A few years ago, he had a dooming realization that this wasn't quite the case anymore, and has been hiding any signs of having perhaps a teensy tiny crush ever since.

If you want the mirror counterparts' opinions on it, though—

You'll get varying answers.

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