Galaxies Archives - Astrodoc: Astrophotography by Ron Brecher https://astrodoc.ca/tag/galaxies/ Astrodoc.ca - Images of the Universe Sun, 07 Jun 2026 14:14:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 M51, The Whirlpool Galaxy https://astrodoc.ca/m51/ https://astrodoc.ca/m51/#comments Sun, 07 Jun 2026 06:00:24 +0000 http://astrodoc.ca/?p=5273 M51, The Whirlpool Galaxy Click image for full size version June 7, 2026 M51 is the galaxy in which spiral structure was first seen, by Lord Rosse in 1845 using a 72-inch telescope known as the "Leviathan of Parsonstown."  The galaxy was discovered in 1773 by Charles Messier. It's fairly bright and I've seen it [...]

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]]> https://astrodoc.ca/m51/feed/ 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 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 NGC4631 and NGC4656, The Whale and Hockey Stick Galaxies https://astrodoc.ca/ngc-4631-and-4656/ https://astrodoc.ca/ngc-4631-and-4656/#comments Sun, 21 Feb 2016 00:25:44 +0000 http://astrodoc.ca/?p=6717 Whale and Hockey Stick GalaxiesClick image for full size versionFebruary 20, 2016NGC4631 (top left) and NGC 4656 (bottom right) are known as the Whale Galaxy and Hockey Stick Galaxy, respectively.  The Whale is distorted due to its interaction with NGC4627 just to its left.  The Whale shows a yellow core, blue star clusters and pink [...]

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]]> https://astrodoc.ca/ngc-4631-and-4656/feed/ 1 NGC891 https://astrodoc.ca/ngc891/ https://astrodoc.ca/ngc891/#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2016 12:35:49 +0000 http://astrodoc.ca/?p=6525 NGC891 Click image for full size version February 4, 2016, May/June 2016 SkyNews magazine, Astronomy Magazine Picture of the Day September 12, 2016  NGC is an edge-on spiral galaxy located in the constellation Andromeda, about 30 million light years away.  It shows a prominent dust line with lots of details, and some astronomers think that [...]

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]]> https://astrodoc.ca/ngc891/feed/ 2 NGC7640 https://astrodoc.ca/ngc7640/ https://astrodoc.ca/ngc7640/#respond Sun, 13 Oct 2013 14:56:09 +0000 http://astrodoc.ca/?p=6539 NGC7640 Click image for full size version October 13, 2013 - Published in Astronomy Magazine, February 2014 This time of year, there are lots of really big bright objects to shoot, which makes it all too easy to overlook some of the less well known objects.  These objects, although generally smaller, fainter and/or less well-known, [...]

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]]> https://astrodoc.ca/ngc7640/feed/ 0 NGC4438 and NGC4435, “The Eyes” https://astrodoc.ca/ngc4438-and-ngc4435-the-eyes/ https://astrodoc.ca/ngc4438-and-ngc4435-the-eyes/#respond Sun, 30 Jun 2013 01:45:21 +0000 http://astrodoc.ca/?p=6425 NGC4438 and NGC4435, "The Eyes" Click image for full size version June 29, 2013 This image shows a portion of the Virgo galaxy cluster.  Well over a hundred galaxies are visible in this shot, in particular a swarm of small galaxies at lower left. The various bright galaxies in my shot are identified at: http://www.astrosurf.com/avastro/virgoGalaxClust_2010.html [...]

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]]> https://astrodoc.ca/ngc4438-and-ngc4435-the-eyes/feed/ 0 Caldwell 17 and 18 “2 Minutes of Silence” https://astrodoc.ca/caldwell-17-and-18-with-2-minutes-silence/ https://astrodoc.ca/caldwell-17-and-18-with-2-minutes-silence/#respond Sun, 16 Dec 2012 23:19:48 +0000 http://astrodoc.ca/?p=5442 Caldwell 17 and 18 "2 Minutes of Silence" Click image for full size version December 16, 2012 Astronomy Magazine online Picture of the Day. December 19, 2012 Sir Patrick Moore died at the age of 89 on December 9.  He was a well known figure around astronomy circles, and more widely for his popular and [...]

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