NGC 5949 is a dwarf galaxy around 44 million light-years from us. NGC 5949 is a relatively bulky example of a dwarf galaxy with a mass of about one percent of the Milk Way’s. It’s classified as a dwarf because of its relatively small number of constituent stars, but with loosely-bound spiral arms it is also classified as a barred spiral galaxy.
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NGC 1512 is a barred spiral galaxy with an unusual double ring structure, one ring around the galactic nucleus and another further out in the main disk. It’s about 38 million light-years away in the constellation Horologium. It’s on a collision course to merge with its smaller neighbor NGC 1510 (on the far right in the picture).
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A few days a go, I posted a video based on Chandra X-Ray Observatory images of this galaxy. This video features views from Hubble.
Video Credit: ESO
Video Credit: ESO
NGC 4242 is about 30 million light-years away. While it can be seen using a small telescope, it isn’t very bright. It’s low luminosity is the result of it’s rather slow rate of star formation. This view was taken by the Hubble Space Telescope.
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Like our home galaxy, The Milky Way, NGC 2500 is a barred spiral galaxy. It’s in the constellation Lynx and was discovered by William Herschel in 1788.
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