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A WHIRLING SPIRAL NEBULA, TYPICAL OF THAT FROM WHICH THE SUN AND PLANETS WERE PROBABLY EVOLVED
In the process of evolution the dense center becomes the controlling sun and the smaller spots of condensation form the planets. This particular nebula lies just under the end of the handle of the Big Dipper. It was photographed at Mt. Wilson Observatory.