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“The line that describes the beautiful is elliptical. It has simplicity and constant change. It cannot be described by a compass, and it changes direction at every one of its points.” -Rudolf Arnheim It's not every day that a nearby, well-studied galaxy turns your understanding of an entire class of common objects -- in this case, elliptical galaxies -- on its head. But Messier 105 is not your typical elliptical galaxy!

“God put me on this earth to accomplish a certain number of things. Right now I am so far behind that I will never die.” -Bill Watterson

"Controversy is only dreaded by the advocates of error." -Benjamin Rush

"Every star may be a sun to someone." -Carl Sagan Welcome back to yet another Messier Monday! Each week, we highlight one of the 110 deep-sky objects that make up the Messier catalogue: Charles Messier's legacy to comet-hunters and amateur astronomers, pointing out some of the most easily visible deep-sky objects as seen from our vantage point on Earth.

"When a star goes supernova, the explosion emits enough light to overshadow an entire solar system, even a galaxy. Such explosions can set off the creation of new stars. In its own way, it was not unlike being born." -Todd Nelson