Whale Galaxy (NGC 4631) — galaxy, shown live in Cosmoscope, a real-time 3D map of the universe.
A long, slightly bent edge-on disc that really does look like a whale, with a glowing halo of hot gas above it and a small dwarf companion riding alongside.
Whale Galaxy (NGC 4631) is placed at its true position on the sky and at its real measured distance, not as a flat backdrop. Fly out from the Sun in the live 3D view and watch it change from a point of light into structure as you approach, with the scale bar showing just how far out you have travelled.