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  • The Sunflower Galaxy (Messier 63) in constellation Canes venatici.
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  • The Hidden Galaxy (IC 342) in constellation Camelopardalis.
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  • Messier 106 in constellation Canes Venatici at a distance about 23 million LY from Earth.  The smaller galaxy is NGC 4248, a dwarf galaxy member of the same galaxy group as M106.
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  • The Knife Edge Galaxy, NGC 5907, in constellation Draco lies about 50 million l.y. from Earth.
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  • Several galaxies in the constallation Pisces. The bright star in the center is SAO 54647 (mag. 7,6).  The brightest galaxy to the right of the central star is NGC 507 of mag. 11,3.
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  • Markarian's Chain, a chain of galaxies forming part of the Virgo Cluster.  The brightest galaxies are the elliptical M84 and M87. Do also see image #73225-Da for the inverted version.
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  • Tringaulum Galaxy, Messier 33 (M33), the great galaxy in  constellation of Triangulum.
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  • Markarian's Chain, a chain of galaxies forming part of the Virgo Cluster.  The brightest galaxies are the elliptical M84 and M87. Do also see image #73225-D.
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  • Tringaulum Galaxy, Messier 33 (M33), the great galaxy in  constellation of Triangulum.
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  • Tringaulum Galaxy, Messier 33 (M33), the great galaxy in the constellation of Triangulum. It lies approximately 3 million light years away from us.
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  • The Andromeda Galaxy (Messier 31) is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Andromeda about 2.5 l.y. away and about 220 000 l.y. across.
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  • Twin Quasar (Q957+561) lying at a distance of 8.7 billion light years from Earth in the constellation Ursa Major.  The quasar appears as two due to gravitational lensing caused by a galaxy (YGKOW G1).
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  • The Andromeda Galaxy (Messier 31) in constellation Andromeda. Member of the local galaxy group, about 2.5 l.y. away and easures about 220 000 l.y. across.
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  • Virgo galaxy cluster with the large ellipitical gallaxies Messier 86 and Messier 84 in the centre of the photo.
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  • The Andromeda Galaxy (Messier 31) is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Andromeda about 2.5 l.y. away and easures about 220 000 l.y. across.
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  • The Pinwheel Galaxy Messier 101 (NGC 5457) in the constellation Ursa Major (Big Dipper).  At lower right are the galaxies NGC5174 and PGC4545422.
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  • Twin Quasar (yellow markings indicate the object) in the constellation Ursa Major lies 8.7 billion light years from Earth.
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  • The area around the bright galaxies Messier 81 and Messier 82 in constellation Ursa Major showing faint nebulosity (integrated flux) lying beyond the galaxies.
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  • Virgo galaxy cluster with the large ellipitical gallaxies M86 and M84 in the centre of the photo. Labelled edition.  Do also see image #73137-D.
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  • The Andromeda Galaxy (Messier 31) is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Andromeda about 2.5 l.y. away and about 220 000 l.y. across.
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  • Whirpool galaxy (Messier 51A) and the interacting galaxy NGC5195 in Canes Venatici.
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  • Perseus galaxy cluster (Abell 426) with the galaxies NGC 1275 and NGC 1272 in the center of the picture.
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  • The bright galaxies Messier 82 (Cigar Galaxy, left) and Messier 81 (Bode's Nebula) in constellation Ursa Major.
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  • Osmundstø Observatory, Hidra, Agder, Norway. Celestron RASA8, 400mm, f4, 496min exposure.
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  • Whirpool galaxy (Messier 51A) and the interacting galaxy NGC5195 in Canes Venatici.
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  • The galaxies M81 (Bodes Nebula, left) and M82 (Cigar Gallaxy) in the constellation Ursa Major. The dwarf irregular galaxy Holmberg IX can be glimpset above M81
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  • The edge on spiral Silver Silver Galaxy (NGC891) in constellation Andromeda.
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  • Where do we come from?  People from the Samburu tribe (Kenya) points and look at the Milky Way from the local savannah.
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  • The Milky Way seen from Brazilian rainforest along the shore of Rio Cristalino, southern Amazon. Mosaic of 2 images. The orange glow is the lights from the city of Alta Floresta. Mars and Saturn together with the orange star Antares form the triangle just to the right (north) of the galactic centre.
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  • The starburst galaxy Messier 82 (commonly known as "the Cigar Galaxy") in constellation Ursa Major.
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  • Rio Cristalino, southern Amazon, Brazil. (A mosaic of two images. The orange glow is the lights from the city of Alta Floresta. Mars and Saturn together with the orange star Antares form the triangle just to the right (north) of the galactic centre). Nikon D810, 14-24mm @ 14mm, f3.5, 10 sec, ISO3200, Manual modus
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  • The edge on spiral Silver Silver Galaxy (NGC891) in constellation Andromeda. 14 hours exporsure.
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  • Milky Way and it's galactic centre as seen from Pantanal, Brazil (2016). Mars and Saturn together with the orange star Antares form the triangle just below (west) of the galactic centre.
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  • The starburst galaxy Messier 82 (commonly known as "the Cigar Galaxy") in constellation Ursa Major.
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  • Bode's Galaxy (Messier 81 or NGC 3031) in the constellation Ursa Major, lying asbout 12 million ly away from Earth having a diameter of about 900 000 ly.
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  • The starburst galaxy Messier 82 (commonly known as "the Cigar Galaxy") in constellation Ursa Major.
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  • Bode's Galaxy (Messier 81 or NGC 3031) in the constellation Ursa Major, lying asbout 12 million ly away from Earth having a diameter of about 900 000 ly.
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  • The edge on spiral Silver Silver Galaxy (NGC891) with the much weaker galaxies NGC 898 (mag 13.1, upper left) and NGC914 (mag. 13, top) in constellation Andromeda.
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  • The spiral galaxy Messier 31 in the contstellation Andromeda.
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