Abell 2151 – Hercules Galaxy Cluster Description: Abell 2151, the Hercules galaxy cluster, contains a few hundred galaxies about 500 million light years away from us. This cluster is itself part of a “supercluster” organized like a filament of...
Hickson 44 – Compact group of galaxies Description: In the constellation Leo, the Hickson 44 compact group includes 4 beautiful gravitationally interacting galaxies. They are located about 80 million light-years away from us. The most remarkable galaxy with its...
Hickson 92 – Stephan’s Quintet Description: Stephan’s Quintet is a fascinating group of galaxies whose gravitational interaction distorts them, creating bridges of matter and gas. Four members of this group are the same size as our galaxy and are...
IC 342 – The “Hidden” Galaxy Description: IC 342, the Hidden Galaxy is so called because despite being relatively close to us, it is obscured by clouds of gas and dust from our own galaxy because it is in the same plane. Otherwise, it would be much...
M 31 – The Andromeda Galaxy Description: M31 in the Messier Catalog is a spiral galaxy located 2.5 million light years from the Sun, in the constellation Andromeda. The Andromeda Galaxy is the closest spiral galaxy to the Milky Way and the largest member of the...
