Aug 30, 2024, 06:17 AM IST
Astronomers classify galaxy NGC 1300 as a barred spiral because its arms do not swirl into the center.
The Whirlpool Galaxy, M51, is a spiral galaxy located 31 million light-years away.
Cartwheel galaxy resembles a bull's eye, which is appropriate because its appearance is partly due to a smaller galaxy that passed through the middle of this object.
At half the size of our Milky Way, Messier 33 is the third-largest galaxy in our local group of galaxies.
Located some 65 million light-years away, the Antennae – also known as NGC 4038 and NGC 4039 – are locked in a deadly embrace. Both galaxies were once sedate spirals like the Milky Way.
This galaxy is often referred to as the “Black Eye” or “Evil Eye” Galaxy because of the dark band of dust that sweeps across one side of its bright nucleus.
Image source: NASA