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Galaxies
by members of the Wells & Mendip Astronomers

Galaxies like our own Milky Way are gravitationally bound systems of stars, gas, dust and dark matter. They are classified by their shape as spiral, elliptical or irregular and they fill the observable Universe in every direction, in groups, clusters and long filaments. They make beautiful but often challenging targets for astrophotographers. Occasionally a supernova explodes in the galaxy producing a new star that, despite its great distance, is for a few weeks as bright as the curtain of foreground stars from our own Milky Way.
Contributors:
Hugh Allen (200mm Meade LX90 telescope, Meade DSI II colour camera. Spectra: Alpy 600 spectroscope and Atik 314L camera)
Richard Hook (100mm Skywatcher Esprit telescope, Nikon D3200 camera)
Ian Humphreys (Televue NP101mm and 405mm Orion Optics telescopes, Canon 1100D and Atik 11000 Mono (LRGB filters) cameras
Pete Richardson (William Optics ZS80mm APO telescope, QSI683WSG camera)
Fred and Ed Vanner (Sky-Watcher Skymax 150 Pro or Esprit 80ED Pro telescope, ZWO ASI183MC or MM camera)

Send contributions to: [email protected]

M31
Andromeda Galaxy (spiral galaxy, distance  2.54 Mly)


M32
Dwarf Galaxy (Andromeda satellite, distance 2.49 Mly)


M33
Triangulum Galaxy (spiral galaxy, distance  2.73 Mly)
M49
Elliptical galaxy (distance 56 Mly)


M51
The Whirlpool Galaxy (interacting spiral galaxy, distance     23 Mly)


M59
Elliptical galaxy (distance 50 Mly)


M60
Elliptical galaxy (distance 57 Mly)


M61
Spiral galaxy (distance 53 Mly)


M63
The Sunflower Galaxy (spiral galaxy, distance 29 Mly)


M64
The Blackeye Galaxy
(spiral galaxy, distance 17.3 Mly)



M65
Spiral galaxy (distance 35 Mly)


M66
Spiral galaxy (distance 31 Mly)


M74
Spiral galaxy (distance 32 Mly)


M77
Spiral galaxy (distance 47 Mly)


M81
Bode's Galaxy
(spiral galaxy, distance 12 Mly)


M82
The Cigar Galaxy (starburst galaxy, distance 12 Mly)


M83
The Southern Pinwheel Galaxy (spiral galaxy, distance 15 Mly)


M84
Elliptical galaxy (distance 55 Mly)


M85
Lenticular galaxy (distance 60 Mly)


M86
Elliptical galaxy (distance 52 Mly)


M87
Elliptical galaxy (distance   53 Mly. Central black hole recently imaged)


M88
Spiral galaxy (distance 55 Mly)


M89
Elliptical galaxy (distance 50 Mly)


M90
Spiral galaxy (distance 60 Mly)


M91
Spiral galaxy (distance 63 Mly)


M94
Spiral galaxy (distance 16 Mly)


M95
Spiral galaxy (distance 33 Mly)


M96
Spiral galaxy (distance 31 Mly)


M98
Spiral galaxy (distance 44 Mly)


M99
Spiral galaxy (distance 49 Mly)


M100
Spiral galaxy (distance 55 Mly)


M101
The Pinwheel Galaxy (spiral galaxy, distance 21 Mly)


M102
The Spindle Galaxy (spiral galaxy, distance 50 Mly)


M104
The Sombrero Galaxy (spiral galaxy, distance 31 Mly)


M105
Elliptical galaxy (distance 37 Mly)


M106
Spiral galaxy (distance 24 Mly)


M108
Spiral galaxy (distance 46 Mly)


M109
Spiral galaxy (distance approx. 84 Mly)


M110
Dwarf elliptical galaxy (Andromeda satellite galaxy, distance    2.7 Mly)




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