Mirror in Space

This is NGC 7331, it's a spiral galaxy in the constellation of Pegasus. It is my favourite galaxy. It is reported to be similar in size to our galaxy. This makes me think that maybe there's a mirror out their in space and what we are seeing is a reflection of our own galaxy. Yes, that's it - that's what we look like.

This picture (follow this link) is the most magnificent version I have ever seen of this galaxy. It's like a precious gem that one might want to keep for one's self, but I offer it to you - I want to share it with you.

A little hint about my novel and it's content. The story is set in a 'universe' where there is plenty of life and business trade between our galaxy (which has a new name in my novel) and our sister galaxy, the Andromeda galaxy (see the picture below).

Planet Earth (which also has a different name in the novel) and it's inhabitants are not aware of any of this - except for the Trilobites.
It's true there are many other galaxies out there but these two form the setting of the story.

It's a pretty big place to loose a modest little moon like ours. But then it wasn't really ours, now, was it? Or at least that's what Obsidian says....