NASA Marshall(@NASA_Marshall):Meet NGC 4631— the “Whale Galaxy” — drifting through the cosmos instead of the sea. 🐋 This edge-on view of this spiral galaxy allows astronomers to study how flat the stellar disk is and provide the clearest views of material located above or below the disk.

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Meet NGC 4631— the “Whale Galaxy” — drifting through the cosmos instead of the sea. 🐋 This edge-on view of this spiral galaxy allows astronomers to study how flat the stellar disk is and provide the clearest views of material located above or below the disk.