NGC 772 (Arp 78) – Spiral galaxy Description: NGC 772 is a spiral galaxy twice as large as ours and it is 130 million light-years from us. It is also part of the Arp catalog because of its deformation caused by a gravitational interaction with its neighboring...
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 925 – A barred spiral galaxy Description: NGC 925 in the constellation Triangulum is a barred spiral galaxy located 30 million light-years away from us. The two arms are quite different, one being longer and better defined and the central bar is not exactly...
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 2685 (Arp 336) – Helix Galaxy Description: A beautiful curiosity in our universe, the Helix galaxy. Located 40 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major, it is a very rare “polar-ring lenticular” galaxy. This ring of gas and dust,...
