barred spiral galaxy Archives - Astrodoc: Astrophotography by Ron Brecher https://astrodoc.ca/tag/barred-spiral-galaxy/ Astrodoc.ca - Images of the Universe Mon, 19 Feb 2024 19:01:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 M109 https://astrodoc.ca/m109/ https://astrodoc.ca/m109/#comments Mon, 19 Feb 2024 16:51:23 +0000 http://astrodoc.ca/?p=8227 M109 Click image for full size version February 18, 2024 M109 is a barred spiral galaxy that lies around 67 million light years away in Ursa Major, plus or minus 23 million light years -- this reflects some uncertainty in the distance estimates. It is considered to be the most distant Messier object, followed by [...]

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]]> https://astrodoc.ca/m109/feed/ 1 NGC 3521 https://astrodoc.ca/ngc-3521/ https://astrodoc.ca/ngc-3521/#respond Mon, 22 May 2023 15:59:24 +0000 https://astrodoc.ca/?p=13220 NGC 3521 Click image for full size version May 22, 2023 This pretty galaxy is NGC 3521. It is located more than 26 million light years away in the constellation Leo. The prominent dark lanes, fluffy (flocculent) texture and large halo remind me a lot of Messier 63. Although it's classified as a barred-spiral galaxy, [...]

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]]> https://astrodoc.ca/ngc-3521/feed/ 0 NGC 2903 https://astrodoc.ca/ngc-2903/ https://astrodoc.ca/ngc-2903/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2023 11:00:22 +0000 http://astrodoc.ca/?p=9266 NGC 2903 Click image for full size version February 5, 2023 This is NGC 2903, a barred spiral galaxy in western Leo lying about 30 million light years away. It is a little smaller than our Milky Way, at "only" 80,000 light years across. New stars are being formed rapidly in the central region of [...]

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]]> https://astrodoc.ca/ngc-2903/feed/ 3 NGC 5746 & NGC 5740 – Barred Spiral Galaxies https://astrodoc.ca/ngc-5746-5740/ https://astrodoc.ca/ngc-5746-5740/#respond Mon, 18 May 2020 18:04:21 +0000 http://astrodoc.ca/?p=11694 NGC 5746 & NGC 5740 - Barred Spiral Galaxies Click image for full size version May 18, 2020 NGC 5746, at upper right of centre, is a barred-spiral galaxy in Virgo, about 95 million light years distant. The top of the central bulge seems to show a double hump. This galaxy is considered to be [...]

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]]> https://astrodoc.ca/ngc-5746-5740/feed/ 0 NGC 4236 – Barred Spiral Galaxy https://astrodoc.ca/ngc-4236/ https://astrodoc.ca/ngc-4236/#comments Mon, 04 May 2020 15:01:52 +0000 http://astrodoc.ca/?p=11670 NGC 4236 - Barred Spiral Galaxy Click image for full size version May 4, 2020 NGC 4236 is a barred spiral galaxy in Draco, the Dragon.  It is large (its length is more than 2/3 the Moon’s width) but has a very low surface brightness, meaning it is barely brighter than the background glow of [...]

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]]> https://astrodoc.ca/ngc-4236/feed/ 2 M108, Barred Spiral Galaxy https://astrodoc.ca/m108/ https://astrodoc.ca/m108/#comments Tue, 19 Feb 2019 16:53:02 +0000 http://astrodoc.ca/?p=11124 M108, Barred Spiral Galaxy Click image for full size version February 19, 2019 M108 is a barred spiral galaxy in Ursa Major, near Merak, the lower-right star of the Big Dipper's bowl. It lies about 46 million light years away. M108 belongs to the Ursa Major galaxy cluster, which in turn is a member of the [...]

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]]> https://astrodoc.ca/m108/feed/ 1 NGC7479 https://astrodoc.ca/ngc7479/ https://astrodoc.ca/ngc7479/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2017 15:40:54 +0000 http://astrodoc.ca/?p=6554 NGC7479 Click image for full size version January 26, 2017 NGC7479 is a pretty little barred-spiral galaxy in Pegasus.  This was a challenge object for my imaging equipment,  because the galaxy was very small for my field of view. This is partly because of its great distance, at 105 million light years.  NGC74749 is undergoing a burst of star-forming activity in the spiral arms and [...]

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]]> https://astrodoc.ca/ngc7479/feed/ 1 Arp 286 Galaxy Group https://astrodoc.ca/arp286/ https://astrodoc.ca/arp286/#respond Sun, 15 May 2016 21:27:26 +0000 http://astrodoc.ca/?p=9287 Arp 286 Galaxy Group Click image for full size version May 15, 2016; Astronomy Magazine Online Picture of the Day, April 25, 2017 Arp 286 is a pretty group of three gravitationally bound galaxies that lies in Virgo about 90 million light years away. The largest of the three, the barred spiral galaxy NGC5566, is the largest [...]

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]]> https://astrodoc.ca/arp286/feed/ 0 M108, Barred Spiral Galaxy https://astrodoc.ca/m108-barred-spiral-galaxy/ https://astrodoc.ca/m108-barred-spiral-galaxy/#respond Thu, 23 Apr 2015 15:40:18 +0000 http://astrodoc.ca/?p=8323 M108, Barred Spiral GalaxyClick image for full size versionApril 23, 2015M108 is a barred spiral galaxy in Ursa Major, and it lies near Merak, the lower-right star of the Big Dipper's bowl.  It lies about 46 million light years away.  This is a very active galaxy, showing pink nebula, blue star clusters and many dark [...]

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