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Plate 3. The Whirlpool Galaxy is shown interacting with a smaller galaxy at its lower left. The Whirlpool Galaxy is
thought to be similar to our own Milky Way Galaxy. Each is a spiral galaxy having a central nucleus and spiral arms.
Each contains billions of stars and large amounts of interstellar material. (National Optical Astronomy Observatories
photograph)