picture-of-the-day-17https://www.astronomy.com/picture-of-the-day/photo/picture-of-the-day-17/Picture of the DayAstronomy.com is for anyone who wants to learn more about astronomy events, cosmology, planets, galaxies, asteroids, astrophotography, the Big Bang, black holes, comets, constellations, eclipses, exoplanets, nebulae, meteors, quasars, observing, telescopes, NASA, Hubble, space missions, stargazing, and morehttps://www.astronomy.com/uploads/2023/03/M108_jpeg.jpgInStockUSD1.001.00uncategorizedarticleASY2023-05-102022-11-16113656
M108 is a barred spiral galaxy in Ursa Major roughly 30 million light-years distant. Its nearly edge-on appearance gives it the nickname of the Surfboard Galaxy.