In today's image, we see the spiral galaxy Messier 88. This galaxy is similar to our own Milky Way in terms of size, but is far away ar about 50 million light years. This gives us a view of what an astronomer in another civilization in this distant galaxy might see looking toward our own Milky Way.

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