FIG. 25--GIANT SPIRAL NEBULA, March 23, 1914

This spiral nebula is seen full on. Notice the central nucleus and the

two spiral arms emerging from its opposite directions. Is matter flowing

out of the nucleus into the arms or along the arms into the nucleus? In

either case we should get two streams in opposite directions within the

nucleus.]

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