ballerina galactica

universe today is hosting a creative astronomy art project! apply your photo editing skills to astronomy images and submit them to nancy atkins (and/or share them here!)!

here's the contribution they share from alan lipkin with the fantastic title "ballerina galactica":


notice the star cluster back drop, the star, sirius, as the earring and star she's delicately reaching for, and the sombrero galaxy as her tutu!

very nice and fun project! thanks for the tip, lab lemming!