You never know what a smudge in the night sky might be - and it could turn out to be something amazing and awesome! I did just that the other night taking an astrophoto of the larger galaxy Messier 101, and stumbled across a smaller object that took me by surprise.

There's a little bit more info on that object NGC5474 here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_5474

What is it that you have stumbled upon in the night sky and then researched and were amazed by? Anything interesting? Unique?

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