These telescopic views give us a view of a far away puffy galaxy surrounded by a disk of dust. Commonly known as the Hamburger Galaxy for its enveloped appearance, this small, spiral galaxy serves as a brilliant example of a "faint but extensive tidal tail". Spanning 100,000 light years across and neighboring two M objects to form the Leo Triplet, the Hamburger Galaxy serves not only as a great example of tidal tail as a result of the gravitational pull between neighboring universes but also as one of out many identifiers in our night sky.
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