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Keywords: edge-on spiral, edge-on galaxy, spiral galaxy
![M101 в XXI веке](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2019/11/06/0001531007/M101_nasaMultiW1024.preview.jpg)
5.11.2019
One of the last entries in Charles Messier's famous catalog, big, beautiful spiral galaxy M101 is definitely not one of the least. About 170,000 light-years across, this galaxy is enormous, almost twice the size of our own Milky Way Galaxy.
![Мессье 81](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2021/03/12/0001729611/BodesGalaxyM81_1024.preview.jpg)
11.03.2021
One of the brightest galaxies in planet Earth's sky is similar in size to our Milky Way Galaxy: big, beautiful Messier 81. Also known as NGC 3031 or Bode's galaxy for its 18th century discoverer, this grand spiral can be found toward the northern constellation of Ursa Major, the Great Bear.
![M64: галактика Подбитый Глаз](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2023/07/23/0001905478/M64Hubble1024.preview.jpg)
19.07.2023
This magnificent spiral galaxy is Messier 64, often called the Black Eye Galaxy or the Sleeping Beauty Galaxy for its dark-lidded appearance in telescopic views. The spiral's central region, about 7,400 light-years across, is pictured in this reprocessed image from the Hubble Space Telescope.
![Запыленная спиральная галактика M66](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2006/09/14/0001216315/m66_eso_c33.preview.jpg)
2.09.2006
When morning twilight came to the Paranal Observatory in Chile, astronomers Mark Neeser and Peter Barthel interrupted their search for faint quasars, billions of light-years away. And just for a moment, they used Very Large Telescopes at the European Southern Observatory to appreciate the beauty of the nearby Universe.
![NGC 5905 и NGC 5908](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2006/09/29/0001216579/ngc5905_5908_seip_c50.preview.jpg)
29.09.2006
These two beautiful galaxies, NGC 5905 (left) and NGC 5908 lie about 140 million light-years distant in the northern constellation Draco. Separated by about 500,000 light-years, the pair are actually both spiral galaxies and nicely illustrate the striking contrasts in appearance possible when viewing spirals from different perspectives.
![Скрытая галактика IC 342](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2006/10/05/0001216692/IC342NML_gendler_c40.preview.jpg)
5.10.2006
Similar in size to other large, bright spiral galaxies IC 342 is a mere 7 million light-years distant in the long-necked, northern constellation Camelopardalis. A sprawling island universe, IC 342 would otherwise...
![NGC 3621: за пределами местной группы галактик](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2003/07/21/0001191641/ngc3621_bresolin_c1.preview.jpg)
19.07.2003
Far beyond the local group of galaxies lies NGC 3621, some 22 million light-years away. Found in the serpentine southern constellation Hydra, the loose spiral arms of this gorgeous island universe are loaded with luminous young star clusters and dark dust lanes.
![Мессье 96](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2022/04/14/0001827148/M_96_LRGB_CDK_1000_8April2022HansonSelbyFinal1024.preview.jpg)
13.04.2022
Spiral arms seem to swirl around the core of Messier 96 in this colorful, detailed portrait of a beautiful island universe. Of course M96 is a spiral galaxy, and counting the faint arms extending beyond the brighter central region it spans 100 thousand light-years or so.
![Мессье 104](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2022/04/24/0001828920/M104_HST_final2_1024.preview.jpg)
22.04.2022
A gorgeous spiral galaxy, Messier 104 is famous for its nearly edge-on profile featuring a broad ring of obscuring dust lanes. Seen in silhouette against an extensive central bulge of stars, the swath of cosmic dust lends a broad brimmed hat-like appearance to the galaxy suggesting a more popular moniker, the Sombrero Galaxy.
![Спиральная галактика NGC 2841](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2022/03/03/0001817255/NGC2841_20220114_72H_1024.preview.jpg)
2.03.2022
A mere 46 million light-years distant, spiral galaxy NGC 2841 can be found in the northern constellation of Ursa Major. This deep view of the gorgeous island universe was captured during 32 clear nights in November, December 2021 and January 2022. It shows off a striking yellow nucleus, galactic disk, and faint outer regions.
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