Galaxies

All the major galaxies are given in this section. Brighter ones appear first.

Galaxies can take several forms: spiral (e.g. Andromeda Galaxy), barred (e.g. Southern Pinwheel Galaxy), elliptical (e.g. Virgo-A Galaxy), irregular (e.g. Small Magellanic Cloud), or peculiar (e.g. Centaurus-A Galaxy).

Brightest Galaxies

LargeMagellanicCloud (* Mag= 0.9, Dia= 10. Degree *)

SmallMagellanicCloud (* Mag= 2.3, Dia= 4.0 Degree *)

AndromedaGalaxy = M31 = NGC[ 224] (* Mag= 3.5, Dia= 3.0 Degree *)

TriangulumGalaxy = M33 = NGC[ 598] (* Mag= 5.7, Dia= 1.0 Degree *)

CentaurusGalaxy = NGC[5128] (* Mag= 7.0, Dia= 0.3 Degree *)

SilverCoinGalaxy = NGC[ 253] (* Mag= 7.1, Dia= 0.3 Degree *)

BodesGalaxy = M81 = NGC[3031] (* Mag= 7.9, Dia= 0.2 Degree *)

M110 = NGC[ 205] (* Mag= 8.0, Dia= 0.4 Degree *)

CigarGalaxy = NGC[ 55] (* Mag= 8.2, Dia= 0.3 Degree *)

M32 = NGC[ 221] (* Mag= 8.2, Dia= 0.1 Degree *)

SombreroGalaxy = M104 = NGC[4594] (* Mag= 8.3, Dia= 0.1 Degree *)

WhirlpoolGalaxy = M51 = NGC[5194] (* Mag= 8.4, Dia= 0.1 Degree *)

SouthernPinwheelGalaxy = M83 = NGC[5236] (* Mag= 8.5, Dia= 0.2 Degree *)

VirgoGalaxy = M87 = NGC[4486] (* Mag= 8.6, Dia= 0.1 Degree *)

NGC[ 300] (* Mag= 8.7, Dia= 0.3 Degree *)

M94 = NGC[4736] (* Mag= 8.7, Dia= 0.1 Degree *)

PinwheelGalaxy = M101 = NGC[5457] (* Mag= 8.7, Dia= 0.3 Degree *)

NGC[ 247] (* Mag= 8.9, Dia= 0.3 Degree *)

M66 = NGC[3627] (* Mag= 8.9, Dia= 0.1 Degree *)

BlackeyeGalaxy = M64 = NGC[4826] (* Mag= 8.9, Dia= 0.1 Degree *)

M82 = NGC[3034] (* Mag= 9.2, Dia= 0.1 Degree *)