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Keyword: spiral galaxy
![M101: галактика Вертушка](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2015/06/15/0001337640/m101_HubbleSubaru_960.preview.jpg)
13.06.2015
Why do many galaxies appear as spirals? A striking example is M101, shown above, whose relatively close distance of about 27 million light years allows it to be studied in some detail. Observational evidence...
![Близкая массивная спиральная галактика NGC 2841](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2015/04/28/0001336327/ngc2841_hstColombari_1080.preview.jpg)
27.04.2015
It is one of the more massive galaxies known. A mere 46 million light-years distant, spiral galaxy NGC 2841 can be found in the northern constellation of Ursa Major. This sharp view of the gorgeous island universe shows off a striking yellow nucleus and galactic disk.
![В рукавах NGC 1097](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2015/01/09/0001329929/NGC1097_newmaster3starshadows1024.preview.jpg)
8.01.2015
Spiral galaxy NGC 1097 shines in southern skies, about 45 million light-years away in the chemical constellation Fornax. Its blue spiral arms are mottled with pinkish star forming regions in this colorful galaxy portrait.
![Однорукавная спиральная галактика NGC 4725](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2015/04/16/0001335534/rNGC-4725-HaL(AOX)RGBpugh1024.preview.jpg)
15.04.2015
While most spiral galaxies, including our own Milky Way, have two or more spiral arms, NGC 4725 has only one. In this sharp color composite image, the solo spira mirabilis seems to wind from a prominent ring of bluish, newborn star clusters and red tinted star forming regions.
![M51: галактика Водоворот](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2015/05/02/0001336631/M51-with-12hours_AOXLumPugh1024.preview.jpg)
1.05.2015
Follow the handle of the Big Dipper away from the dipper's bowl until you get to the handle's last bright star. Then, just slide your telescope a little south and west and you might find this stunning pair of interacting galaxies, the 51st entry in Charles Messier famous catalog.
![Яркая спиральная галактика M81](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2014/11/19/0001326044/m81_colombari_1080c.preview.jpg)
18.11.2014
One of the brightest galaxies in planet Earth's sky is similar in size to our Milky Way Galaxy: big, beautiful M81. This grand spiral galaxy can be found toward the northern constellation of the Great Bear (Ursa Major).
![M106: спиральная галактика со странным ядром](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2015/02/16/0001332575/m106_colombari_960.preview.jpg)
15.02.2015
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.
![NGC 253: запыленная островная вселенная](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2014/07/27/0001318165/sculptor_francsics_apod1024.preview.jpg)
26.07.2014
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.
![Спиральная галактика NGC 6744](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2014/08/10/0001318950/NGC6744goldman950.preview.jpg)
8.08.2014
Big, beautiful spiral galaxy NGC 6744 is nearly 175,000 light-years across, larger than our own Milky Way. It lies some 30 million light-years distant in the southern constellation Pavo. We see the disk of the nearby island universe tilted towards our line of sight.
![NGC 4651: галактика Зонтик](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2014/07/02/0001316408/lrg_gabany-subaru_ngc4651s1024.preview.jpg)
2.07.2014
Spiral galaxy NGC 4651 is a mere 62 million light-years distant, toward the well-groomed northern constellation Coma Berenices. About the size of our Milky Way, this island universe is seen to have a faint umbrella-shaped structure that seems to extend (left) some 100 thousand light-years beyond the bright galactic disk.
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