NASA. DEEP SPACE. LARGE FORMAT. This photograph is a composi - Lot 290

NASA. DEEP SPACE. LARGE FORMAT. This photograph is a composite image of the famous Whirlpool galaxy. While the Webb telescope's Miri camera highlights the structure of the dust in the galaxy, the Nircam camera focuses on the ionized gas from newly-formed star clusters. A large spiral galaxy occupies the entire image. The core is predominantly a bright white, but there are also swirling, detailed structures that look like water encircling a drain. There is a pale blue-white light emanating from the stars and dust at the center of the core, but it is narrowly confined to the core. The rings show dark red and orange colors and highlight dust filaments around cavernous black bubbles. Vintage chromogenic print. Numbering in the margin on the front. Legend on back label. 50.8 x 40.6CM with margins.