Spiral Galaxies

NGC 5084, a lovely but odd disk galaxy with an obviously warped disk. Credit: Adam Block/Mount Lemmon SkyCenter/University of Arizona
Warp into a galaxy
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The Milky Way’s sibling spiral star system
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Oct 19, 2018
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The central region of the gorgeous spiral galaxy NGC 6744, imaged using the Hubble Space Telescope. Credit: NASA, ESA, and the LEGUS team
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Will they or won't they? Two galaxies that probably won't become one
Phil Plait
Jun 11, 2018
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NGC 5426 (right) and NGC 5427 (left), together known as Arp 271, are close enough to each other to be interacting. Credit: ESO/Juan Carlos Muñoz​​​​​​​
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The spectacular Sunflower Galaxy M63
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Jun 8, 2018
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The inner regions of the nearby spiral galaxy M63 show patchy flocculence all the way into the center. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA
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Hubble + nearby galaxies = galactic gorgeousness
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May 18, 2018
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The nearby spiral galaxy M96, observed by Hubble Space Telescope. Credit: NASA, ESA, and the LEGUS team
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NGC 1398: An utterly perfect spiral galaxy
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Jan 26, 2018
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NGC 1398, a barred spiral galaxy that is, quite simply, gorgeous. Credit: ESO
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To search for the one-armed spiral…
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Jan 18, 2018
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NGC 4625, a relatively nearby dwarf spiral galaxy with an asymmetric spiral structure. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA
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Two galaxies that pass in the night. Rapidly.
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Jan 9, 2018
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The galaxies collectively known as IRAS 06076-2139 are weakly interacting, but they’ve had an exciting past. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA
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The immensity of the Universe, and our place in it
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Jan 1, 2018
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The immense galaxy cluster Abell 2163 is 2.5 billion light years away and contains hundreds of massive galaxies. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA
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The shape of the Milky Way: Mapping the far side of the galaxy
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Nov 30, 2017
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The most current map of the Milky Way is shown in an artist’s representation. The Sun is directly below the galactic center, near the Orion Spur. The Scutum-Centaurus arms sweeps out to the right and above, going behind the center to the far side.
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Seeing through the Meathook Galaxy
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Aug 21, 2017
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The inner regions of the Meathook Galaxy, NGC 2442, using observations from Hubble and a 2.2 meter telescope in Chile.
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Horseshoe galaxies and hand grenades
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Aug 7, 2017
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The Horseshoe Galaxy
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Mea Culpa: Asteroid vs. Satellite
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Aug 1, 2017
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Celestial sleuthing around a spectacular spiral galaxy
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Jul 7, 2017
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Astrophoto: A galaxy living on the edge
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Jun 15, 2017
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Milky Way and NGC 891
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Astronomers may have seen a star collapse directly to a black hole
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May 31, 2017
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black hole with accretion disk and jets
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