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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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IC 342, the Hidden Galaxy

Ron Brecher — Wed, 28 Dec 2022 06:32:44 +0000

IC 342, the Hidden Galaxy Click image for full size version December 28, 2022 This is IC342, a face-on spiral galaxy in Camelopardalis, in the far northern sky. It is large in the sky, at about 2/3 the width of the moon, though it lies about 11 million light years away. It is a challenge [...]

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M33, The Triangulum Galaxy

Ron Brecher — Sun, 03 Dec 2017 17:08:21 +0000

M33, Triangulum Galaxy Click image for full size version December 3, 2017 M33, the Triangulum Galaxy, is one of the closest large galaxies to Earth. It’s visible to the naked eye in a dark sky, and is a fine sight in a large telescope. It lies in the constellation Triangulum around 2.5 million [...]

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M81 and M82

Ron Brecher — Tue, 07 Feb 2017 16:39:46 +0000

M81 and M82 Click image for full size version February 8, 2017 These two galaxies are M81 (Bode’s Galaxy, left) and M82 (the Cigar Galaxy, right). These two galaxies lie about 11 million light years away and are separated by about a million light years. They are both visible in binoculars in a dark sky, [...]

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NGC253, The Silver Dollar Galaxy

Ron Brecher — Sun, 28 Feb 2016 19:37:57 +0000

NGC253, The Silver Dollar GalaxyClick image for full size versionFebruary 28, 2016 - Collaboration with Brett Soames; AAPOD May 5, 2016; BBC Sky at Night Hotshot of the Month, May 2016This galaxy, NGC253, has several nicknames: The Silver Dollar Galaxy, The Silver Coin Galaxy, and the Sculptor Galaxy. It is very low in the sky at [...]

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NGC891

Ron Brecher — Thu, 04 Feb 2016 12:35:49 +0000

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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M33, Triangulum Galaxy

Ron Brecher — Sat, 12 Dec 2015 20:18:18 +0000

M33, Triangulum Galaxy Click image for full size version December 12, 2015, Collaboration with Terry Hancock, featured in Cosmic Pursuits, Dec. 30, 2015 M33, the Triangulum Galaxy, is one of the closest large galaxies to Earth. It’s visible to the naked eye in a dark sky, and is a fine sight in a [...]

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NGC4517, Spiral Galaxy

Ron Brecher — Sun, 26 Apr 2015 20:45:07 +0000

NGC4517, Spiral GalaxyClick image for full size versionApril 26 2015NGC4517, the most prominent galaxy in this image, is an edge-on spiral galaxy. It is a member of the Virgo Cluster of galaxies and lies about 40,000,000 light years away in the direction of the constellation Bootes. This galaxy is a little larger than our own Milky Way galaxy. [...]

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M100 Spiral Galaxy

Ron Brecher — Sun, 19 Apr 2015 01:52:13 +0000

M100, Spiral GalaxyClick image for full size versionApril 18, 2015M100 is a spiral galaxy in Virgo, and is a member of the Virgo cluster of galaxies. It is one of the largest members of this galaxy cluster, and has a diameter of 107,000 light years. It is 55 million light years away. Note the pink [...]

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M104, The Sombrero Galaxy

Ron Brecher — Sun, 01 Jun 2014 18:42:30 +0000

M104, The Sombrero Galaxy Click image for full size version June 1, 2014 The Sombrero galaxy is in the southern sky from my 43 degree north latitude, in the constellation Corvus, the Crow. It’s a large spiral galaxy and shows a prominent dark lane of dust and cold gas. It has a very prominent [...]

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