7 largest galaxies in space captured by NASA

Malin 1 is a giant low surface brightness spiral galaxy. It is located 1.19 billion light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices, near the North Galactic Pole.

NGC 6872, also known as the Condor Galaxy, is a large barred spiral galaxy of type SBb pec in the constellation Pavo. It is 212 million light-years from Earth.

UGC 2885 is a large barred spiral galaxy of type SAc in the constellation Perseus. It is 232 million light-years from Earth and measures 463,000 ly across, making it one of the largest known spiral galaxies.

Messier 87 is a supergiant elliptical galaxy in the constellation Virgo that contains several trillion stars.

IC 1101 is a class S0 supergiant lenticular galaxy at the center of the Abell 2029 galaxy cluster. It has an isophotal diameter at about 123.65 to 169.61 kiloparsecs. 

Messier 49 is a giant elliptical galaxy about 56 million light-years away in the equatorial constellation of Virgo. This galaxy was discovered by astronomer Charles Messier .

Messier 60 or M60, also known as NGC 4649, is an elliptical galaxy approximately 57 million light-years away in the equatorial constellation of Virgo.

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