Galaxies Archives - Astrodoc: Astrophotography by Ron Brecher https://astrodoc.ca/category/galaxies/ Astrodoc.ca - Images of the Universe Thu, 07 May 2026 20:47:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 The Leo Trio – M65, M66 and NGC 3628 https://astrodoc.ca/leo-trio/ https://astrodoc.ca/leo-trio/#comments Thu, 07 May 2026 06:31:16 +0000 http://astrodoc.ca/?p=5025 The Leo Trio - M65, M66 and NGC 3628 Click image for full size version May 7, 2026 M65 (lower left), M66 (upper left) and NGC3628 are three galaxies in the constellation Leo. This grouping is known as the Leo Trio or Leo Triplet. This group of galaxies is around 30 million light years away. [...]

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]]> https://astrodoc.ca/leo-trio/feed/ 3 Markarian’s Chain https://astrodoc.ca/markarians-chain/ https://astrodoc.ca/markarians-chain/#respond Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:47:17 +0000 https://astrodoc.ca/?p=14699 Markarian's Chain Click image for full size version April 29, 2026 Markarian's Chain is the name of the curved chain of galaxies that arcs through this image. This chain is part of the Virgo Galaxy Cluster, the centre of which is about 54 million light years away. The Virgo Cluster contains about 1,500 galaxies and [...]

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]]> https://astrodoc.ca/markarians-chain/feed/ 0 NGC 4244 https://astrodoc.ca/ngc-4244/ https://astrodoc.ca/ngc-4244/#comments Sun, 12 Apr 2026 18:09:07 +0000 https://astrodoc.ca/?p=14687 NGC 4244, The Silver Needle Galaxy Click image for full size version   Apil 12, 2026 NGC 4244 is a loose edge-on spiral galaxy. It is also catalogued as Caldwell 26 and nickanamed the Silver Needle Galaxy. It lies a little more than 14 million light years away from us in the constellation of Canes [...]

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]]> https://astrodoc.ca/ngc-4244/feed/ 2 M81 https://astrodoc.ca/m81/ https://astrodoc.ca/m81/#respond Sun, 05 Apr 2026 15:49:55 +0000 https://astrodoc.ca/?p=14678 M81, Bode's Galaxy Click image for full size version   Apil 5, 2026 M81 is a large spiral galaxy in Ursa Major. It is also known as Bode's Galaxy and NGC 3031. It's about 12 million light years from us, and about a million light years away from M82, the Cigar Galaxy. They make a [...]

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]]> https://astrodoc.ca/m81/feed/ 0 M33, The Triangulum Galaxy https://astrodoc.ca/m33/ https://astrodoc.ca/m33/#comments Sat, 25 Oct 2025 07:58:06 +0000 https://astrodoc.ca/?p=12536 M33, Triangulum Galaxy Click image for full size version   October 25, 2025 M33, familiarly known as the Triangulum Galaxy, is one of the closest large galaxies to Earth. It's located in the constellation Triangulum at a distance of about 2.5 million light years and has a diameter of around 60,000 light years. It lies [...]

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]]> https://astrodoc.ca/m33/feed/ 2 Andromeda Galaxy https://astrodoc.ca/andromeda-galaxy/ https://astrodoc.ca/andromeda-galaxy/#comments Sat, 06 Sep 2025 17:38:48 +0000 https://astrodoc.ca/?p=14387 Andromeda Galaxy  Click image for full size version September 6, 2025 This image shows the iconic Andromeda galaxy. Most people are familiar with it - Apple even has a desktop background that features it. It's visible to the naked eye from my house at this time of year, and is a delight in binoculars, small [...]

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]]> https://astrodoc.ca/andromeda-galaxy/feed/ 1 NGC 7331 and Supernova SN2025rbs https://astrodoc.ca/ngc-7331-supernova/ https://astrodoc.ca/ngc-7331-supernova/#comments Tue, 26 Aug 2025 07:31:07 +0000 https://astrodoc.ca/?p=13375 NGC 7331 and Supernova SN2025rbs Click image for full size version August 26, 2025 NGC 7331 is the largest galaxy in this image. It is located in Pegasus, and is about 40 million light years away, and has a diameter of about 120,000 light years. It is the biggest member of the "Deer Lick Group," [...]

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]]> https://astrodoc.ca/ngc-7331-supernova/feed/ 3 IC 2574 https://astrodoc.ca/ic-2574/ https://astrodoc.ca/ic-2574/#respond Fri, 11 Jul 2025 16:56:39 +0000 https://astrodoc.ca/?p=14255 IC 2574 - Coddington's Nebula Click image for full size version July 11, 2025 IC 2574 is a dwarf spiral galaxy and is also called Coddington's Nebula after its discoverer. It is in Ursa Major not far from the Big Dipper, and lies almost 13 million light years from us. Interestingly, 90% of the mass [...]

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]]> https://astrodoc.ca/ic-2574/feed/ 0 NGC 5907 https://astrodoc.ca/ngc-5907/ https://astrodoc.ca/ngc-5907/#comments Sat, 24 May 2025 13:14:47 +0000 https://astrodoc.ca/?p=14205 NGC 5907, the Splinter Galaxy Click image for full size version May 24, 2025 This spring gem is NGC 5907, the Splinter Galaxy (also called the Knife Edge Galaxy). It's sometimes catalogud as NGC 5906. This galaxy is located more than 50 million light years away in the constellation Draco. Through a large telescope, it [...]

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]]> https://astrodoc.ca/ngc-5907/feed/ 2 NGC 5033 https://astrodoc.ca/ngc-5033-2/ https://astrodoc.ca/ngc-5033-2/#comments Wed, 21 May 2025 23:40:08 +0000 https://astrodoc.ca/?p=14193 NGC 5033 Click image for full size version May 21,2025 NGC 5033 lies in the constellation Canes Venatici, the Hunting Dogs. It has a size a little larger than our own Milky Way galaxy, with an estimated mass 2 trillion times the mass of our sun and a 180,000 light yar diameter. It belongs to [...]

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