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Tag: spiral

2021-12-29 NGC 1365

NGC 1365

A fine barred spiral galaxy in Fornax

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End of a Decade

With no more images in the pipeline and the bushfire smoke worsening again in South West Sydney – and showing … More

47 Tucanae, Andromeda, astro-imaging, Clouds, Crescent, Galaxy, Globular Cluster, Lagoon Nebula, Lunar, M20, M31, m33, M8, mare nubium, Mars, Moon, NGC 253, Orion, planet, rupes recta, Sagittarius, sculptor, spiral, Sun, sunspot, triangulum, trifid, Trifid Nebula

NGC 4565 – The Object Which Messier Missed

Back in the day, before the inter-web thingy came along, I would buy astronomy magazines every month and gaze with … More

amateur astronomy, astro-imaging, Astro-photography, c98, caldwell 38, coma berenices, edge-on galaxy, Galaxy, ic 3533, ndg 4562, ngc 4565b, ngc4565, Skywatcher ed120, spiral

Galaxy NGC 1097

This is a face-on barred spiral galaxy in Fornax with a bright central core, 48 million light years from Earth. … More

Arp 77, barred, C67, Caldwell 67, fornax, Galaxy, NGC 1097, NGC 1097A, NGC1097B, PGC 10488, spiral, UGCA 41

Fornax A

The Fornax A galaxy – a huge bright lenticular galaxy (intermediate between a spiral and an elliptical) and also a … More

2MASS 03224178-3712295, Arp 154, ESO 357-22, ESO-LV 3570220, Fornax A, Galaxy, IRAS 03207-3723, IRAS 03208-3723, lenticular, MCG-6-8-5, NGC 1310, NGC 1316, NGC 1318, PGC 12651, Skywatcher ed120, spiral

The Triangulum Galaxy

This is M33, a neighbouring spiral galaxy which is the third largest in our Local Group and only slightly further … More

amateur astronomy, CGCG 502-110, deep sky, Galaxy, m33, MCG 5-4-69, messier 33, ngc 598, nsw, PGC 5818, spiral, The Oaks, triangulum, UGC 1117

Galaxy NGC 55

A nice edge-on barred spiral galaxy in the constellation of Sculptor, somewhat smaller than our own Milky Way. NGC 55 … More

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