NGC 3726
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NGC 3726

NGC 3726 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation Ursa Major. It is located at a distance of circa 45 million light years from Earth,…

NGC 4618 + 4625
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NGC 4618 + 4625

These distorted galaxies are gravitationally interacting. Because of that, they appear to have only one spiral arm or ring.

Messier 100
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Messier 100

This large and bright spiral galaxy is Messier 100. It is accompagnied by lots and lots of small background galaxies…

NGC 2903
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NGC 2903

This beautiful galaxy is found in the constellation LEO.  It is a barred spiral, and known to have very active…

NGC 3953
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NGC 3953

NGC 3953 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation UMA. Lots of very faint background galaxies show up in…

NGC 3642
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NGC 3642

This galaxy in UMA is a very peculiar one. A very faint arc is seen around the bright nucleus, it…

NGC 4088
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NGC 4088

NGC 2841
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NGC 2841

This galaxy lies in Ursa Major and shows some nice detail in its core. It lies some 30 million lightyears…

NGC 4244 – Silver Needle Galaxy
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NGC 4244 – Silver Needle Galaxy

Messier 101
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Messier 101

The Windmill Galaxy, M101, takes its nickname to its appearance. The face on galaxy has bright spiral arms, appearing windmill-…

NGC 404 – Mirach’s Ghost
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NGC 404 – Mirach’s Ghost

NGC 5529
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NGC 5529

NGC 5529 is 144 million lightyears away and appears in the constellation Bootes. It is twice the size of our…