April 28, 2014 NGC 4921, a barred spiral galaxy in Coma Berenices Image Credit: NASA / ESA / Roberto Colombari / Hubble Legacy Archive NGC 4921 (also known as UGC 8134) is a barred spiral galaxy, located about 320 million light-years away from Earth in the northern constellation of Coma Berenices (Berenice’s Hair), while it is [continue reading]
April 23, 2014 NGC 4631, a barred spiral galaxy in Canes Venatici Image Credit & Copyright: Dieter Beer & Patrick Hochleitner NGC 4631 (also known as the Whale Galaxy) is an edge-on, barred spiral galaxy of about 140,000 light-years across that lies some 30 million light-years away from Earth in the small northern constellation of Canes [continue reading]
April 16, 2014 Arp 142, a pair of interacting galaxies in Hydra Image Credit: NASA, ESA and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) Arp 142 (also known as the Penguin with Egg) is a pair of interacting galaxies, containing the upper disturbed spiral galaxy NGC 2936 – hurrying away from us with approximately 6,989 kilometers [continue reading]
March 27, 2014 IC 2560, a barred spiral galaxy in Antlia Image Credit: Nick Rose, ESA/Hubble & NASA IC 2560 is a barred spiral galaxy with a diameter of about 121,000 by 78,000 light-years, located over 110 million light-years away from Earth in the southern constellation of Antlia (the Air Pump). It is speeding [continue reading]
March 22, 2014 NGC 4157, a barred spiral galaxy in Ursa Major Image Credit & Copyright: Adam Block/Mount Lemmon SkyCenter/University of Arizona (http://skycenter.arizona.edu/gallery/galaxies/ngc4157) NGC 4157 (also known as UGC 7183) is a barred spiral galaxy of some 105,000 light-years across (about the same size as our Milky Way galaxy), located about 35.6 million light-years [continue reading]
March 18, 2014 Arp 94, two interacting galaxies in Leo Image Credit & Copyright: Ken Crawford, Rancho Del Sol Observatory Collaboration: David Martinez-Delgado (MPIA, IAC), and the Tidal Stream Survey. Arp 94 is a pair of interacting galaxies located over 50 million light-years away from the Earth in the constellation of Leo (the Lion). It [continue reading]