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Helical dust lanes shear across a tilted spiral disk, where cobalt star-forming knots orbit a molten-core bulge. Peripheral clusters glitter like digital noise, mapping stellar density gradients while the warped outer arms hint at tidal encounters and dark matter pull.
Genre: Photorealistic
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File type JPG
Size 3840×2160
Published 20:20
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Comments about Edge-on barred spiral galaxy with vivid star-forming annulus.