David's Astronomy Pages (Stellar & Deep Sky)
Galaxies

This page summarises observations and images of some galaxies and provide links to specific types or catalogs of galaxies

    
Bullet M31 , M33M101
Bullet Flat Galaxies
Bullet Ring Galaxies
Bullet Irregular Galaxies
Bullet ARP Galaxies
Bullet UGCA Galaxies
Bullet Distant Galaxies
Bullet Note:  Galaxies also appear in these Mixed Object Catalogs: Messier, Caldwell, Herschel 400 )
    
Bullet Galaxy Groups
Bullet Galaxy Groups
Bullet Local Group
Bullet M51 Group, M66 Group, M81 Group, M94 Group, M96 Group, M101 Group
Bullet Canes 1 Group, LGG 384 Group, Maffei 1 Group, Sculptor Group
    
Bullet Galaxy Clusters & Compact Galaxy Groups
Bullet Hickson Galaxy Groups
Bullet Rose Compact Galaxy Groups
Bullet Shakhbazian Groups
Bullet Vorontsov-Velyaminov Galaxies
Bullet Abell Galaxy Clusters
Bullet Virgo Cluster
    
Bullet Galaxy Drawing and Earlier Imaging
Bullet Galaxies - drawings and earlier imaging
    
    
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Galaxy drawings and earlier imaging

M31
M31 (the Andromeda Nebula) is actually a naked eye object under clear skies and can be fairly easily detected with binoculars under most skies.. Through an 8" LX200, the neighbouring galaxies of M32 and M110 can also be seen. The eye is only able to see the brighter nuclei of these galaxies however.

 

Image Image

 

M31,M32 & M110 galaxies
Sketches, 1995-11-25, 
F10/8" LX200, 26mm, x77
Adjacent fields of view, (each 41' FOV)
M31 Galaxy
Photo, 1999-12-06
300mm f5.6, Fujicolor 200,
25 mins exposure

 

Image   Image   Image
M110
CCD Image, 2002-10-03 
8" LX200, F/10, ST7 
2 x 5 min exposure 
M31 Nucleus/dust lanes
CCD Image, 2002-10-03  
8" LX200, F/10, ST7
2 x 5 min exposure 
M32
CCD Image, 2002-10-03
8" LX200, F/10, ST7
2 x 5 min exposure

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M33 
M33 is a difficult galaxy to view due to its low surface brightness.  I first attempted to view M33 in 1995, but it was not until 1996-Nov-07 that I first located it as a very dim patch of fuzzy light.   I took a photo of M33 in 1999 and later some CCD images in 2003

M33 - Photo M33 - CCD Image
Image   Image
Photo,
1999-12-06
300mm f5.6, Fujicolor 200,
15 mins exposure
CCD Image
2003-11-22
8" LX200, F/10, ST7e
2 x 5 mins exposure (av)

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M51 - Spiral Galaxy
M51 and its interacting partner galaxy NGC 5195 are visible when they are high in the sky and seeing is good.

M51 (Ursa Major)
Hand Drawing (1997) CCD Image (2004)
Image Image
Sketch (inverted from original drawing) 
F/10 8" LX200, 26mm, x77, 41' FOV
1997-03-27, 
CCD Image, 15 x 1 min exposure (summed)
2004-03-21 23:54 h UT (#63137-55)

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M82
M82 in Ursa Major is known as the 'exploding galaxy'.

M82
Image
Sketch, 1995-01-26, 
F10/8" LX200, 26mm, x77, 41' FOV

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Galaxies in Ursa Major (CCD Images)

M108   M109
Image   Image
CCD Image, 2003-12-08
8" LX200, F/10, ST7
5 x 30 sec exposure (summed)
CCD Image, 2003-12-08
8" LX200, F/10, ST7
5 x 30 sec exposure (summed)

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NGC 7331 - Spiral Galaxy

NGC 7331 in Pegasus, part of Deer Lick Galaxy Cluster.  This was the first deep sky object that I successfully imaged . The fainter galaxy, NGC 7337 is just visible.

NGC 7331
Image
CCD Image, 2001-10-11, 
8" LX200 at f/10.3
   
A more recent CCD image of NGC 7331
taken in 2003 :
Image
NGC 7331 / Deer Lick Group
CCD image,  2003-08-08
8" LX200, f/10, ST7
7 x 300 sec exposures (average)


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NGC 708 (Fath) & Adjacent Galaxies


NGC 708 (Andromeda)
Taken in 2001
 Image
CCD Image, 2001-12-10, 
8"/f10 LX200 operating at f/10.4
Scaling 1.74 arc sec/pixel 
  
NGC 708 (Andromeda)
Taken in 2003
NGC 708 (catalog mag +13.7), NGC 703 (catalog mag +14.2), NGC 705 (catalog mag +14.6), 
NGC 704 (catalog mag +14.1), CGCG 522-33 (catalog mag +15.5) 
Image
CCD Image, 41 x 20 sec exposure (average)
2003-12-07  23:34 to 23:56h UT (#55078-118)

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For a listing of some more early Galaxy Images see Image Database - Galaxies