Tagged: Elliptical - Adam Lundie - Eatons Hill Observatory

Tagged: Elliptical

NGC6872 Galactic Group thumbnail

NGC6872 Galactic Group

29-Apr-2022
With more than 16 galaxies in one very narrow field of view, the elliptical galaxy NGC6876 is centered, interacting with NGC6877. In the bottom right, the spiral arms of NGC6872 are spread out by the interaction with IC4970
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NGC6872 NGC 6872 NGC6877 NGC 6877 IC4972 NGC6880 NGC 6880 IC4981 NGC6872 NGC 6872 IC4970 Elliptical Spiral Galaxy Spiral Galaxy
Tidal Shells of NGC 474 thumbnail

Tidal Shells of NGC 474

07-Nov-2019
Perhaps too tough of a target for light polluted skies, elliptical galaxy NGC 474 still managed to show some tidal tails / shells from interacting with the nearby spiral galaxy NGC 470.
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NGC 474 NGC474 NGC 470 NGC470 NGC 467 NGC467 Tidal Tails Tidal Tails Interacting Galaxies Spiral Galaxy Elliptical
Fornax Galaxy Cluster thumbnail

Fornax Galaxy Cluster

18-May-2020
The Fornax Cluster is a cluster of 58 galaxies centered around 62 million light years distant.
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Fornax Cluster Elliptical Galaxy Elliptical Galaxy Spiral Galaxy Barred Spiral Spiral Lenticular Galaxy Lenticular Irregular Galaxy Irregular NGC 1399 NGC1399 NGC 1316 NGC1316 NGC 1365 NGC1365 NGC 1427 NGC1427 NGC 1427A NGC1427A NGC 1404 NGC1404
Colliding Galaxies NGC6769 NGC6770 NGC6771 thumbnail

Colliding Galaxies NGC6769 NGC6770 NGC6771

03-Aug-2018
A galactic merger is happening 165 million light years away between the spiral galaxies NGC 6769, 6770, 6771.
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NGC 6769 NGC6769 NGC 6770 NGC6770 NGC 6771 NGC6771 IC 4842 IC4842 Colliding Galaxies Spiral Galaxy Elliptical Galaxy Merging Colliding Elliptical Spiral Galaxy