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M74 - Spiral galaxy in Pisces3 viewsFace-on spiral galaxy about 32 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Pisces.
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M83 - The Southern Pinwheel Galaxy3 viewsA barred spiral galaxy about 15 million light-years away in Hydra, on the border with Centaurus. The nickname derives from its resemblance to the Northern Pinwheel Galaxy, M101.
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M85 - Lenticular or Elliptical Galaxy in Coma Berenices2 viewsM85 is a lenticular galaxy in the process of transitioning to an elliptical galaxy. It lies on the outskirts of the Virgo Cluster and is 60 million light-years away, is estimated to be 125,000 light-years across, and is interacting with the smaller nearby galaxy NGC 4394.
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M64 - the Black-eye Galaxy3 viewsA relatively isolated spiral galaxy 17 million light-years away in the northern constellation Coma Berenices. A dark band of absorbing dust partially in front of its bright nucleus inspires its "Black Eye" nickname.
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NGC4565 - The Needle Galaxy6 viewsGigantic edge-on spiral galaxy in Coma Berenices, twice as luminous as the Andromeda Galaxy. 40 million light-years from Earth. Satellite galaxy NGC 4562 is shown at lower right.
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M31 - The Andromeda Galaxy11 viewsA wide-field view of the Andromeda Galaxy, 2.5 million light years away and 152,000 light years in diameter. Satellite galaxies M32 (above right of center, on rim of M31) and M110 (bottom center) also appear in the frame. Red swath at left was caused by a reflection of the red power-on light on the ZWO ASI2600MC camera, which sits in front of the telescope.
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NGC 253 - The Silver Dollar Galaxy1 viewsSpiral galaxy in the constellation Sculptor.
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M31 - The Andromeda Galaxy1 viewsBarred spiral galaxy, 152,000 light-years in diameter and 2.5 million light-years from Earth.
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M101 with Supernova1 viewsMessier 101, Spiral Galaxy in Ursa Major, with Supernova SN 2023ixf
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Markarian's Chain of Galaxies1 viewsA chain of galaxies in the Virgo Cluster, named after a Soviet astronomer. Right to left: M84, M86, NGC 4477, NGC 4473, NGC4461, NGC 4458, NGC4438 and NGC4435.
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Messier 59, Messier 60 and friends1 viewsM59 is the eilliptical galaxy in the center of the frame; above it is the elliptical galaxy M60 with nearby spiral galaxy NGC 4647. Numerous other galaxies are also in the picture, including spirals NGC4606 and NGC4607 in the bottom left quadrant.
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Messier 90, Spiral Galaxy in Virgo1 views59 million light-years away. Contains little gas and dust and hence does not have much star formation; believed to be evolving into a lenticular galaxy.
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