NGC 2244, Heart Of The Rose

Galaxies

Unimaginably huge collections of gas, dust, stars, and even planets, galaxies come in many shapes and sizes. Some are spirals, such as our own galaxy, others are like squashed balls, and some have no shape at all.

From the book Knowledge Encyclopedia Science! (DK)

Traveling the Milky Way © cosmic_background

The Great Barred Spiral Galaxy, NGC 1365 // John murphy

The Skull and Crossbones Nebula, NGC 2467 // Michal N

Andromeda Galaxy (by the Association of Widefield Astrophotographers)

M52: Open Cluster in Cassiopeia © JWST

NGC 7822: The Question Mark © Gabe Shaughnessy

Hubble Peers at Peculiar Galactic Pair by NASA Hubble Space Telescope

Water droplets orbiting a charged metal sphere on the ISS.

Some of my favourite star clusters!