starburst galaxy
esiegel | May 13, 2013"How is it they live for eons in such harmony - the billions of stars - when most men can barely go a minute without declaring war in their mind against someone they know?" -Thomas Aquinas
Welcome back to another Messier Monday here on Starts With a Bang! Each Monday, we take an in-depth look at one of the 110 deep-sky wonders -- all visible with a small telescope or even good binoculars -- that make up Charles Messier's original catalogue of non-cometary objects! Today, we're taking a look at a one-of-a-kind galaxy among the Messier objects, which just happens to be the (co-)first galaxy I…