by manuelcp.astro@gmail.com | Dec 14, 2022
Messier 101 Constellation: Ursa Major Messier 101, The Pinwheel galaxy, is face-on galaxy in the constellation of Ursa Major. It is located about 21 million Ly from Earth. Messier 101 is a large galaxy, with a diameter of 170,000 Ly. Link to interactive sky chart. To...
by manuelcp.astro@gmail.com | Dec 2, 2022
NGC 891 Constellation: Andromeda NGC 891, is an edge-on unbarred spiral galaxy located 27.3 million Ly from Earth in the constellation Andromeda. The galaxy is a member of the NGC 1023 group of galaxies in the Local Supercluster. It has an H-II nucleus. NGC891 shows...
by manuelcp.astro@gmail.com | Nov 13, 2022
Messier 33 Constellation: Triangulum Messier 33 (NGC 598), the Triangulum galaxy, is a spiral galaxy 2.73 million Ly from Earth in the constellation Triangulum. Messier 33 is the third-largest member of the Local Group of galaxies, behind the Andromeda Galaxy and our...
by manuelcp.astro@gmail.com | Oct 7, 2022
Messier 31, 32 and 110 Constellation: Andromeda Messier 31, the Andromeda galaxy, is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Andromeda that is about 2.5 million Ly from Earth. Messier 32, is a dwarf “early-type” satellite galaxy of Messier 31. Messier...
by manuelcp.astro@gmail.com | Sep 7, 2022
NGC 488 Constellation: Pisces NGC 488 is a face-on spiral galaxy in the constellation Pisces. Its distance from Earth is about 90 million Ly. In this image one also sees several galaxies, including NGC 486, 490 and 492 to the northeast and UGC 888 to the northwest....
