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Keyword: spiral galaxy
![NGC 1365: величественная островная вселенная](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2022/12/22/0001864507/NGC1365-CDK24-CDK17_1024.preview.jpg)
22.12.2022
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 faint but heated constellation Fornax, NGC 1365 is a dominant member of the well-studied Fornax Cluster of galaxies.
![Мессье 81](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2019/04/17/0001466658/M81salvatore1024.preview.jpg)
17.04.2019
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.
![Анемичная спиральная галактика NGC 4921](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2019/05/15/0001469822/NGC4921_HubbleShatz_960.preview.jpg)
15.05.2019
How far away is spiral galaxy NGC 4921? It's surpringly important to know. Although presently estimated to be about 300 million light years distant, a more precise determination could be coupled with its known recession speed to help humanity better calibrate the expansion rate of the entire visible universe.
![NGC 1566: спиральная галактика "Испанская танцовщица"](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2022/01/14/0001802295/NGC1566LRGBHa-Hanson-SelbyFinal1024.preview.jpg)
14.01.2022
An island universe of billions of stars, NGC 1566 lies about 60 million light-years away in the southern constellation Dorado. Popularly known as the Spanish Dancer galaxy, it's seen face-on from our Milky Way perspective.
![Скрытая галактика IC 342](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2019/01/16/0001454587/IC342Medvedevas1024.preview.jpg)
16.01.2019
Similar in size to large, bright spiral galaxies in our neighborhood, IC 342 is a mere 10 million light-years distant in the long-necked, northern constellation Camelopardalis. A sprawling island universe, IC 342 would otherwise...
![M106: спиральная галактика со странным ядром](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2019/03/17/0001462374/m106_colombari_960.preview.jpg)
17.03.2019
What's happening at the center of spiral galaxy M106? A swirling disk of stars and gas, M106's appearance is dominated by blue spiral arms and red dust lanes near the nucleus, as shown in the featured image.
![M64: галактика Подбитый глаз](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2021/03/29/0001731946/M64_Hubble_960.preview.jpg)
29.03.2021
Who knows what evil lurks in the eyes of galaxies? The Hubble knows -- or in the case of spiral galaxy M64 -- is helping to find out. Messier 64, also known as the Evil...
![Спиральная галактика "Испанская танцовщица"](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2023/05/08/0001897387/NGC1566_HubbleOdenthal_960.preview.jpg)
8.05.2023
If not perfect, then this spiral galaxy is at least one of the most photogenic. An island universe containing billions of stars and situated about 40 million light-years away toward the constellation of the Dolphinfish (Dorado), NGC 1566 presents a gorgeous face-on view.
![NGC 1097: спиральная галактика со сверхновой](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2023/10/11/0001909951/Ngc1097wSn_Miller_1008.preview.gif)
11.10.2023
What's happening in the lower arm of this spiral galaxy? A supernova. Last month, supernova SN 2023rve was discovered with UAE's Al-Khatim Observatory and later found to be consistent with the death explosion of a massive star, possibly leaving behind a black hole.
![M100: галактика с регулярным спиральным узором](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2015/02/11/0001332377/m100_hubble_960.preview.jpg)
10.02.2015
Majestic on a truly cosmic scale, M100 is appropriately known as a grand design spiral galaxy. It is a large galaxy of over 100 billion stars with well-defined spiral arms that is similar to our own Milky Way Galaxy.
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