Space Telescope Science Inst.
These two images of the Whirlpool Galaxy were produced 160 years apart. The first is an 1845 sketch of the galaxy by Irish astronomer William Parsons. The second was taken by Hubble in 2005. But the resemblance is easy to see.
Credit: William Parsons; NASA/ESA. #astronomy
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