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This is not a great picture but it is the best I could get because it is so low in the southern sky. It is only about 1 foot above the wall of my observatory. It is an edge on galaxy about 28 million light years away. It gets it's name because of the distinct dark line running across the upper part of the galaxy which is a vast and very dense dust lane. Total exposure time was 6 hours.  
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This is a spiral galaxy in the Big Dipper.It is about 23 million light years away. Total exposure time was 5 hours.