This zoomable picture of the Andromeda galaxy has insane detail. It really impressed me with the crazy amount of stars visible once you fully zoom in. And that is just a small section of one galaxy! Made me realise how unfathomable the total amount of stars in the universe really is

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    5 months ago

    Do you mean galaxy groups and clusters? As far as I’m aware, there is no such thing as a galaxy of galaxies.

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      5 months ago

      It was purposefully typed in this way to hopefully better convey the sense of scale and achieve the impossible task of imagining such monstrous sizes. I wanted the reader to feel certain emotion.