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M31

NGC 224

3.4

2.9 M

Andromeda Galaxy

nearest large
neighbor galaxy

wide, zoom pic

178'x63'

100Kly

Type Sb Spiral Galaxy

Andromeda

0h 42.7'

+41° 16'

M64

NGC 4826

8.5

19 M

Blackeye Galaxy

Sleeping Beauty Galaxy

Type Sb Spiral Galaxy

in M94 group
or CVn I Cloud

9.3' x x5.4'

51 Kly

Coma Berenices

12h 56.7'

+21° 41'

M81

NGC 3031

6.9

12 M

Bode's Galaxy

Type Sb Spiral Galaxy

21'x10'

~ly

Ursa Major

9h 55.6'

+69° 04'

NGC 5128

7.0

15 M

Centaurus A

Peculiar Galaxy

part of M83 group
nearest radio galaxy

18'x14'

~ly

Centaurus

13h 25.5'

-43° 01'

M77

NGC 1068

8.9

60 M

Cetus A

Type Sb Spiral Galaxy

7'x x6'

170 Kly

Cetus

2h 42.7'

-0° 01'

M82

NGC 3034

8.4

12 M

Cigar Galaxy

Type Ir-II Irregular Galaxy

brightest
infrared galaxy

9' x 4'

~ly

Ursa Major

9h 55.8'

+69° 41'

M32

NGC 221

8.1

2.9 M

M32

Type E2 Elliptical Galaxy

Satellite of M31, the
Andromeda Galaxy

8' x 6'

8000 ly

Andromeda

0h 42.7'

+40° 52'

M49

NGC 4472

8.4

~60 M

M49

Type E4 Elliptical Galaxy

9'x7.5'

160 Kly

Virgo

12h 29.8'

+08° 00'

M58

NGC 4579

9.7

60 M

M58

Type Sbc Spiral Galaxy

5.5' x 4.5'

90 Kly

Virgo

12h 37.7'

+11° 49'

M59

NGC 4621

9.6

60 M

M59

Type E5 Elliptical Galaxy

5' x 3.5'

90 Kly

Virgo

12h 42'

+11° 39'

M60

NGC 4649

8.8

60 M

M60

Type E2 Elliptical Galaxy

massive central object
of 2 billion solar masses
NE spiral comp. NGC 4647

7' x 6'

120 Kly

Virgo

12h 43.7'

+11° 33'

M61

NGC 4303

9.7

60 M

M61

Type SABbc Spiral Galaxy

6' x 5.5'

100 Kly

Virgo

12h 21.9'

+04° 28'

Leo Triplet

M65

NGC 3623

9.3

35 M

M65

Type Sa Spiral Galaxy

part of the Leo Triplet
M65, M66 & NGC 3628

8' x 1.5'

~ly

Leo

11h 18.9'

+13° 05'

M66

NGC 3627

8.9

35 M

M66

Type Sb Spiral Galaxy

part of the Leo Triplet
M65, M66 & NGC 3628

8' x 2.5''

~ly

Leo

11h 20.2'

+12° 59'

NGC 3628

9.5

35 M

NGC 3628

Type Sc Spiral Galaxy

part of the Leo Triplet
M65, M66 & NGC 3628

14' x 3.6'

~ly

Leo

11h 20.3'

+13° 36'

M74

NGC 628

9.4

35 M

M74

Type Sc Spiral Galaxy

much like our own galaxy

10.2'x9.5'

95 Kly

Pisces

1h 36.7'

-15° 47'

M84

NGC 4374

9.1

60 M

M84

Type S0 Lenticular Galaxy

wide pic

part of Virgo cluster

5.0'

~100 Kly

Virgo

12h 25.1'

+12° 53'

M85

NGC 4382

9.1

60 M

M85

Type S0 Lenticular Galaxy

part of Virgo cluster

7.1'x5.2'

125 Kly

Virgo

12h 25.4'

+18° 11'

M86

NGC 4406

8.9

60 M

M86

Type S0 Lenticular Galaxy

M86 Region
x-ray composite

part of Virgo cluster

7.5'x5.5'

125 Kly

Virgo

12h 26.2'

+12° 57'

M88

NGC 4501

9.6

60 M

M88

Type Sc Spiral Galaxy

part of Virgo cluster

7' x 4'

130 Kly

Coma Berenices

12h 32.0'

+14° 25'

M89

NGC 4552

9.8

60 M

M89

Type E0 Elliptical Galaxy

collision jet

part of Virgo cluster

4.0'

~ly

Virgo

12h 35.7'

+12° 33'

M90

NGC 4569

9.5

60 M

M90

Type Sb Spiral Galaxy

wide pic

part of Virgo cluster

9.5'x4.5'

150 Kly

Virgo

12h 36.8'

+13° 10'

M91

NGC 4548

10.2

60 M

M91

Type SBb Spiral Galaxy

part of Virgo cluster

5.4'x4.4'

~100ly

Coma Berenices

12h 35.4'

+14° 30'

M95

NGC 3351

9.7

38 M

M95

Type SBb Galaxy

in Leo I Group
with M96 & M105

4.4'x3.3'

~ly

Leo

10h 44.0'

+11° 42'

M96

NGC 3368

9.2

38 M

M96

Type Sa Spiral Galaxy

in Leo I Group
with M95 & M105

6'x4'

100 Kly

Leo

10h 46.8'

+11° 49'

M98

NGC 4192

10.1

60 M

M98

Type Sb Spiral Galaxy

part of Virgo cluster

9.5'x3.2'

~ly

Coma Berenices

12h 13.8'

+14° 54'

M99

NGC 4254

9.9

60 M

M99

Type Sc Spiral Galaxy

alternate pic

part of Virgo cluster

5.4'x4.8'

~ly

Coma Berenices

12h 18.8'

+14° 25'

M100

NGC 4321

9.3

60 M

M100

Type Sc Spiral Galaxy

alt pic

part of Virgo cluster

7' x 6'

~ly

Coma Berenices

12h 22.9'

+15° 49'

M105

NGC 3379

9.3

38 M

M105

Type E1 Elliptical Galaxy

in Leo I Group
with M95 & M96

~ly

Leo

10h 47.8'

+12° 35'

M106

NGC 4258

8.4

25 M

M106

Type Sbp Spiral Galaxy

19'x8'

~ly

Canes Venatici

12h 19.0'

+47° 18'

M108

NGC 3556

45 M

M108

Type Sc Spiral Galaxy

8' x 1'

~ly

Ursa Major

11h 11.5'

+55° 40'

M109

NGC 3992

9.8

55 M

M109

Type SBc Spiral Galaxy

7'x4'

~ly

Ursa Major

11h 57.6'

+53° 23'

M110

NGC 205

8.5

2.9 M

M110

Type E6p Elliptical Galaxy

Satellite of M31
Andromeda Galaxy

17'x10'

~ly

Andromeda

0h 40.4'

+41° 41'

NGC 891

10 M

NGC 891

Type Sb Spiral Galaxy

Andromeda

2h 22.6'

+42° 21'

13.5'x2.8'

~100 Kly

NGC 1808

9.9

40 M

NGC 1808

Starburst Galaxy

Columba

5h 7.6'

-37° 31'

0.11'

35 Kly

NGC 2403

8.4

12 M

NGC 2403

Type Sc Spiral Galaxy

Camelopardalis

7h 36.9'

+65° 36'

17.8'x11'

~ly

H I.56

NGC 2903

8.9

20.5 M

NGC 2903

Type Sb+ Spiral Galaxy

Leo

incl. NGC 2905
bright star cloud

9h 32.2'

+21° 30'

12.6'x6.6'

~ly

NGC 4571

11.3

60 M

NGC 4571

Type SBc Galaxy

in Coma Berenices

12h 36.9'

+14° 13'

NGC 4603

108 M

NGC 4603

Spiral Galaxy

Centaurus

in Centaurus cluster

12h 40.9'

-40° 58'

NGC 6946

8.9

10 M

NGC 6946

Type Sc Spiral Galaxy

Cepheus

8 supernovae
detected in
last 100 years

20h 34.8'

+60° 09'

11'x10'

~ly

NGC 7331

9.5

46 M

NGC 7331

Type Sb Spiral Galaxy

Pegasus

22h 37.1'

+34° 25'

11'x4'

~ly

NGC 4565

9.6

31 M

Needle Galaxy

Type Sb Spiral Galaxy

Coma Berenices

12h 36.3'

+25° 59'

16'x3'

100 Kly

M101

NGC 5457

7.9

27 M

Pinwheel Galaxy

Type Sc Spiral Galaxy

zoom pic

22'

170 Kly

Ursa Major

14h 03.2'

+54° 21'

M54

NGC 6715

7.6

87,400

SagDEG

discovered in 1994 to
be outside our Galaxy
~82 known variables

12'

300 ly

Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy

Class III Globular Cluster

Sagittarius

18h 55.1'

-30° 29'

NGC 253

7.1

10 M

Silver Coin Galaxy

Sculptor Galaxy

Type Sc Spiral Galaxy

Sculptor

dominant of
Sculptor Group

0h 47.6'

-25° 17'

25'x7'

~ly

M104

NGC 4594

8.0

50 M

Sombrero Galaxy

Type Sa Spiral Galaxy

dominant of
M104 group

9' x 4'

Virgo

12h 40.0'

-11° 37'

M83

NGC 5236

7.6

15 M

Southern Pinwheel

Type SABc Spiral Galaxy

part of M83 group
with Centaurus A

11'x10'

~ly

Hydra

13h 37'

-29° 52'

M102

NGC 5866

9.9

40 M

Spindle Galaxy

Type S0_3 Lenticular Galaxy

5.2'x2.3'

60 Kly

Draco

15h 06.5'

+55° 46'

H II. 759

NGC 5907

10.38

40 M

Splinter Galaxy

Type Sb+ Spiral Galaxy

Draco

2nd prominent member
of NGC 5866 group

15h 15.9'

+56° 19'

12.3'x1.9'

~ly

M94

NGC 4736

8.2

14.5 M

Starburst Galaxy

wide detail

in M94 group
or CVn I Cloud

7'x3'

~ly

Type Sb Spiral Galaxy

Canes Venatici

12h 50.9'

+41° 07'

M63

NGC 5055

8.6

37 M

Sunflower Galaxy

Type Sb Spiral Galaxy

wide pic

10' x 6'

~ly

Canes Venatici

13h 15.8'

+42° 02'

M33

NGC 598

5.7

~3 M

Triangulum Galaxy

Type Sc Spiral Galaxy

wide pic

73'x45'

~80Kly

Triangulum

1h 33.9'

+30° 39'

M87

NGC 4486

8.6

60 M

Virgo A

Type E1 Elliptical Galaxy

dominant galaxy
of the Virgo cluster

120 Kly

Virgo

12h 30.8'

+12° 24'

NGC 4631

9.8

30 M

Whale Galaxy

Type Sc Spiral Galaxy

Canes Venatici

giant pic

12h 42.1'

+32° 33'

17'x3.5'

H I. 176

NGC 4656

10.4

30 M

NGC 4656

Type Sc pec Peculiar Galaxy

Canes Venatici

distorted by
interaction with
larger neighbor
NGC 4631

12h 44.0'

+32° 10'

13.8'x3.3'

M51

NGC 5194

8.4

31 M

Whirlpool Galaxy

Type Sc Spiral Galaxy

faint comp.
NGC 5195

11'x7'

200 Kly

Canes Venatici

13h 29.9'

+47° 12'

Deep Sky Objects

Galaxies
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