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This page summarises observations and images of some galaxies and provide links to specific types or catalogs of galaxies
M31 , M33 , M101 Flat Galaxies Ring Galaxies Irregular Galaxies ARP Galaxies UGCA Galaxies Distant Galaxies Note: Galaxies also appear in these Mixed Object Catalogs: Messier, Caldwell, Herschel 400 ) Galaxy Groups Galaxy Groups Local Group M51 Group, M66 Group, M81 Group, M94 Group, M96 Group, M101 Group Canes 1 Group, LGG 384 Group, Maffei 1 Group, Sculptor Group Galaxy Clusters & Compact Galaxy Groups Hickson Galaxy Groups Rose Compact Galaxy Groups Shakhbazian Groups Vorontsov-Velyaminov Galaxies Abell Galaxy Clusters Virgo Cluster Galaxy Drawing and Earlier Imaging 
Galaxies - drawings and earlier imaging >> Simbad DataTypes
M31
M31 (the Andromeda Nebula) is actually a naked eye object under clear
skies and can be fairly easily detected with binoculars under most skies..
Through an 8" LX200, the neighbouring galaxies of M32 and M110 can also be
seen. The eye is only able to see the brighter nuclei of these galaxies however.
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| M31,M32 & M110 galaxies Sketches, 1995-11-25, F10/8" LX200, 26mm, x77 Adjacent fields of view, (each 41' FOV) |
M31 Galaxy Photo, 1999-12-06 300mm f5.6, Fujicolor 200, 25 mins exposure |
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| M110 CCD Image, 2002-10-03 8" LX200, F/10, ST7 2 x 5 min exposure |
M31 Nucleus/dust lanes CCD Image, 2002-10-03 8" LX200, F/10, ST7 2 x 5 min exposure |
M32 CCD Image, 2002-10-03 8" LX200, F/10, ST7 2 x 5 min exposure |
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M33
M33 is a difficult galaxy to view due to its low surface brightness. I
first attempted to view M33 in 1995, but it was not until 1996-Nov-07 that I
first located it as a very dim patch of fuzzy light. I took a photo
of M33 in 1999 and later some CCD images in 2003
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Photo, 1999-12-06 300mm f5.6, Fujicolor 200, 15 mins exposure |
CCD Image 2003-11-22 8" LX200, F/10, ST7e 2 x 5 mins exposure (av) |
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M51 - Spiral Galaxy
M51 and its interacting partner galaxy NGC 5195 are visible when they are high
in the sky and seeing is good.
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Sketch (inverted from original drawing) F/10 8" LX200, 26mm, x77, 41' FOV 1997-03-27, |
CCD Image, 15 x 1 min exposure (summed) 2004-03-21 23:54 h UT (#63137-55) |
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M82
M82 in Ursa Major is known as the 'exploding galaxy'.
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| Sketch, 1995-01-26, F10/8" LX200, 26mm, x77, 41' FOV |
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Galaxies in Ursa Major (CCD Images)
| M108 | M109 | |
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2003-12-08 8" LX200, F/10, ST7 5 x 30 sec exposure (summed) |
CCD Image,
2003-12-08 8" LX200, F/10, ST7 5 x 30 sec exposure (summed) |
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NGC 7331 in Pegasus, part of Deer Lick Galaxy Cluster. This was the first deep sky object that I successfully imaged . The fainter galaxy, NGC 7337 is just visible.
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| CCD Image, 2001-10-11, 8" LX200 at f/10.3 |
| A more recent CCD image of NGC 7331 taken in 2003 : |
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NGC 7331 / Deer Lick Group CCD image, 2003-08-08 8" LX200, f/10, ST7 7 x 300 sec exposures (average) |
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NGC 708 (Fath) & Adjacent Galaxies
| NGC 708 (Andromeda) Taken in 2001 |
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CCD Image, 2001-12-10, 8"/f10 LX200 operating at f/10.4 Scaling 1.74 arc sec/pixel |
| NGC 708 (Andromeda) Taken in 2003 NGC 708 (catalog mag +13.7), NGC 703 (catalog mag +14.2), NGC 705 (catalog mag +14.6), NGC 704 (catalog mag +14.1), CGCG 522-33 (catalog mag +15.5) |
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CCD Image, 41 x 20 sec exposure (average) 2003-12-07 23:34 to 23:56h UT (#55078-118) |
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For a listing of some more early Galaxy Images see Image Database - Galaxies
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| Last Updated : | 2021-01-27 |
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