Tag: barred spiral galaxy

  • NGC 4631, NGC 4627, NGC 4656

    NGC 4631, NGC 4627, NGC 4656

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    In this photo there are three galaxies all interacting with each other.In the lower left you can see NGC 4631, also known as the Whale Galaxy; it is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation of Canes Venatici, about 25 million light years from Earth.It is observed edge-on and has a strongly distorted structure,…

  • NGC 672

    NGC 672

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    The barred spiral galaxy NGC 672 and the spiral galaxy IC 1727 are two interacting galaxies in the constellation Triangulum.

  • NGC 7741

    NGC 7741

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    NGC 7741 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Pegasus.

  • NGC 7753

    NGC 7753

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    NGC 7753 is a barred spiral galaxy with the satellite galaxy NGC 7752 in the constellation of Pegasus at a distance of 272 million light years.Its apparent size is very small, 2.9 x 1.9 arc minutes; 1.9′ is the apparent size of a millimeter at a distance of 180 centimeters.

  • M 88

    M 88

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    M 88 is a spiral galaxy belonging to the Virgo cluster and about 50 million light years away from us; many other galaxies are also visible, including the barred spiral galaxy NGC 4516.

  • M 31

    M 31

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    M 31 or NGC 224, better known as the Andromeda galaxy, is a barred spiral galaxy about 2.5 million light-years from the Milky Way and it is the largest galaxy in the Local Group.The glow that can be seen in the lower left is part of the galaxy M 110, a satellite of the Andromeda…

  • NGC 2903

    NGC 2903

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    NGC 2903 is a barred spiral galaxy about 25 milions of light year from the Earth in the constellation of Leo.