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Keywords: edge-on spiral, edge-on galaxy, spiral galaxy
![Галактика Веретено: вид с ребра](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2018/07/27/0001425268/NGC5866_Block_960.preview.jpg)
25.07.2018
What kind of celestial object is this? A relatively normal galaxy -- but seen from its edge. Many disk galaxies are actually just as thin as NGC 5866, pictured here, but are not seen edge-on from our vantage point. A perhaps more familiar galaxy seen edge-on is our own Milky Way Galaxy.
![Величественная спиральная галактика NGC 1232](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2017/12/26/0001395045/ngc1232b_vlt_960.preview.jpg)
26.12.2017
Galaxies are fascinating not only for what is visible, but for what is invisible. Grand spiral galaxy NGC 1232, captured in detail by one of the Very Large Telescopes, is a good example.
![NGC 253: запыленная островная вселенная](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2018/03/22/0001402393/NGC253-Wide_CancelliMortfield1332c.preview.jpg)
22.03.2018
Shiny NGC 253 is one of the brightest spiral galaxies visible, and also one of the dustiest. Some call it the Silver Dollar Galaxy for its appearance in small telescopes, or just the Sculptor Galaxy for its location within the boundaries of the southern constellation Sculptor.
![NGC 4565: галактика, видимая с ребра](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2021/05/17/0001739605/NGC4565_CFHT_960.preview.jpg)
17.05.2021
Is our Milky Way Galaxy this thin? Magnificent spiral galaxy NGC 4565 is viewed edge-on from planet Earth. Also known as the Needle Galaxy for its narrow profile, bright NGC 4565 is a stop on many telescopic tours of the northern sky, in the faint but well-groomed constellation Coma Berenices.
![Мессье 88](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2022/12/28/0001865987/M88_2022weebly.preview.jpg)
28.12.2022
Charles Messier described the 88th entry in his 18th century catalog of Nebulae and Star Clusters as a spiral nebula without stars. Of course the gorgeous M88 is now understood to be a galaxy full of stars, gas, and dust, not unlike our own Milky Way.
![Спиральная галактика M74: более четкий вид](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2022/07/22/0001842190/JWST_NGC628_Robert_Eder_V2600h.preview.jpg)
22.07.2022
Beautiful spiral galaxy Messier 74 (also known as NGC 628) lies some 32 million light-years away toward the constellation Pisces. An island universe of about 100 billion stars with two prominent spiral arms, M74 has long been admired by astronomers as a perfect example of a grand-design spiral galaxy.
![NGC 1365: величественная островная вселенная](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2021/01/08/0001718242/NGC-1365-RGB-19-DEC-2020_Leo_Mike_1024.preview.jpg)
8.01.2021
Barred spiral galaxy NGC 1365 is truly a majestic island universe some 200,000 light-years across. Located a mere 60 million light-years away toward the chemical constellation Fornax, NGC 1365 is a dominant member of the well-studied Fornax Cluster of galaxies.
![Спиральная галактика NGC 1350](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2021/02/12/0001726162/NGC1350_crop1024.preview.jpg)
12.02.2021
This gorgeous island universe lies about 85 million light-years distant in the southern constellation Fornax. Inhabited by young blue star clusters, the tightly wound spiral arms of NGC 1350 seem to join in a circle around the galaxy's large, bright nucleus, giving it the appearance of a cosmic eye.
![Триплет Льва](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2019/04/18/0001466835/LeoTrioBauer1024.preview.jpg)
18.04.2019
This group is popular in the northern spring. Famous as the Leo Triplet, the three magnificent galaxies gather in one field of view. Crowd pleasers when imaged with even modest telescopes, they can be introduced individually as NGC 3628 (left), M66 (bottom right), and M65 (top).
![Виртуальный полет над галактикой Водоворот](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2019/05/06/0001468719/m51.preview.png)
6.05.2019
What would it look like to fly over a spiral galaxy? To help visualize this, astronomers and animators at the Space Telescope Science Institute computed a virtual flyby of the Whirlpool Galaxy (M51) using data and images from the Hubble Space Telescope.
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