NGC 4151 – The Eye of Sauron Galaxy Description: Galaxy NGC 4151 also called the Eye of Sauron from the Lord of the rings saga. There is a supermassive blackhole at its center. It is located approximately 52 million light-years from us. Technical details:...
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...
NGC 5394-5395 – The Heron galaxy Description: The Heron Galaxy is a strange and rather spectacular formation of two gravitationally merged galaxies. The two galaxies are identified NGC 5394 and NGC 5395 while the set is identified Arp 84 in Halton Arp’s...
NGC 5907 – The Knife Edge (or Splinter) Galaxy Description: The Knife-Edge Galaxy (NGC 5907) in the constellation Draco. This spiral galaxy, seen edge-on, shows the pancake-like shape of these gigantic structures. It is located about 40 million light-years away....
