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Soft and Moist Chocolate Chip Banana Bread

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M110 // Steve Argereow

Seen here against the backdrop of the Andromeda Galaxy (M31), M110 contains about 10 billion stars and is one of a few tens of satellite galaxies of Andromeda. It is the second brightest satellite after M32.

Messier never added M110 to his catalog, although he depicted it and M32 on a drawing he did of the Andromeda Galaxy in 1773. Caroline Herschel (1750-1848) independently discovered it in 1783. It was finally added to Messier's catalog in 1967 by the Welsh astronomer Kenneth Glyn Jones (1915-1995).

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The Sombrero Galaxy, M104 // Rick Veregin

Seen in this very deep image, the Sombrero Galaxy is surrounded by a faint halo of stars. This halo, combined with its population of globular clusters, had led astronomers to believe that M104 merged with a small companion galaxy in the past. In fact, you can see a tidal tail (or arc) looping around the Sombrero, indicative of a merger about 3 billion years ago.

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M105 (right) // Nik Szymanek

M105 is a member of the same galaxy group that contains M95, M96, and at least 21 fainter members. One of those fainter members is NGC 3384, the lenticular galaxy seen to the left of M105 in this image. The other galaxy, NGC 3389 at the bottom left, likely lies in the background.

M105 and its companion NGC 3384 are surrounded by a ring of neutral hydrogen gas with a bit of star-formation happening inside the ring. There's even some low level of star formation happening in M105, although at a rate of one Sun-like star every 10,000 years. Compare that to the Milky Way's rate of one per year!

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M103 // Gary Imm

The last open cluster in Messier's catalog, M103 is one of the smallest and most remote open clusters known. It contains only about 40 member stars and is about 9,000 light years away. One of the brightest members is a red giant star that stands out easily against the main population of blue-white stars.

Along with M101 and M102, M103 was a last minute addition to the catalog by Messier himself. Méchain discovered these and Messier did not get a chance to observe them himself before publication. The remaining Messier objects were added to the catalog in the 20th century motivated by notes that Messier and Méchain made indicating that at least one of them knew about these final objects.

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Tethys Moon, Saturn Planet

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Magnificent Three Sisters Wilderness

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Raspberry Swirl Cheesecake Bars

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Easy Homemade Toffee Sauce

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