NGC 891 – The Outer Limits Galaxy Description: NGC 891 is a favorite of visual observers and astrophotographers because it stimulates the imagination with its edge-on position. She appeared in the end credits of the popular television series “The Outer...
NGC 1097 (Arp 77) – Barred spiral galaxy Description: NGC 1097 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Fornax. It is 50% larger than our own galaxy and is located 58 million light-years from us. There is a supermassive black hole at its center and the...
NGC 3718 (Arp 214) Description: NGC 3718 is a spiral or lenticular galaxy which is also part of the Arp catalog because of its particular shape. This shape could be caused by the gravitational pull of the nearby galaxy NGC 3729. Technical details: Télescope:...
NGC 4565 – The Needle Galaxy Description: NGC 4565, the Needle Galaxy, is a spiral galaxy seen edge-on between 40 and 50 million light years away from us. It appears to us a little brighter than an identical face-on galaxy would appear because all the luminosity...
NGC 4631 – The Whale Galaxy Description: NGC 4631, the Whale Galaxy is a barred spiral galaxy seen edge-on and located about 28 million light-years away. It contains regions of intense star formation. Emissions of ionized hydrogen as well as the presence of...
