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NGC 4244

Ron Brecher — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 18:09:07 +0000

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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M81

Ron Brecher — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 15:49:55 +0000

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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M33, The Triangulum Galaxy

Ron Brecher — Sat, 25 Oct 2025 07:58:06 +0000

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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Andromeda Galaxy

Ron Brecher — Sat, 06 Sep 2025 17:38:48 +0000

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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NGC 7331 and Supernova SN2025rbs

Ron Brecher — Tue, 26 Aug 2025 07:31:07 +0000

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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IC 2574

Ron Brecher — Fri, 11 Jul 2025 16:56:39 +0000

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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NGC 5907

Ron Brecher — Sat, 24 May 2025 13:14:47 +0000

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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NGC 5033

Ron Brecher — Wed, 21 May 2025 23:40:08 +0000

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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Messier 63

Ron Brecher — Thu, 08 May 2025 18:22:04 +0000

Messier 63 Click image for full size version May 8, 2025 Messier 63 (M63) is also called the Sunflower Galaxy. Looking at the mottling it's easy to see why. It belongs to the M51 Galaxy Group. There are many pink emission nebulae in M63; these structures are akin to our own galaxy's Orion Nebula. In [...]

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Messier 106

Ron Brecher — Sat, 19 Apr 2025 15:21:17 +0000

Messier 106 Click image for full size version April 19, 2025 M106, the 106th entry in Charles Messier’s catalogue, is a pretty spiral galaxy around 24 million light years away. It is situated in the constellation Canes Vanatici (the Hunting Dogs), not far from the Big Dipper. The galaxy shows lots of pink nebulae and [...]

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