The Triangulum Galaxy
Overview The Triangulum Galaxy (also known as M33) is the third-largest galaxy in the Local Group, after the Andromeda Galaxy (M31) and
Category: Galaxy
The Coma Cluster
Overview The Coma Cluster is a collection of 1000 galaxies around 320 million light-years from Earth. Background First of all,
The Pinwheel Galaxy
Overview The Pinwheel Galaxy, also known as M101, is a spiral galaxy that we’re seeing face-on. It’s 21 million light-years
The Bode and Cigar galaxies (M81 & M82)
Overview A pair of galaxies almost 12 million light-years from Earth. Bode (right) is a spiral, and its gravity is
The Andromeda Galaxy
Overview A neighbouring galaxy to our own Milky Way, the Andromeda Galaxy is 2.5 million light-years from Earth and contains
The Whirlpool Galaxy
Located 31 million light-years from Earth, the Whirlpool Galaxy (M51) is gravitationally connected to another, smaller galaxy, leading to a
Markarian’s Chain
Overview A string of bright galaxies around 50 million light-years from Earth that share common motion through space. The brightest