Messier Objects: Spiral Galaxies
25 entries in the Messier Objects: Spiral Galaxies compendium.
Andromeda GalaxyNearest major galaxy to the Milky Way.Triangulum GalaxyA spiral galaxy and third-largest member of the Local Group.Whirlpool GalaxyFirst galaxy classified as a spiral, interacting with NGC 5195.Messier 58A barred spiral galaxy in the Virgo Cluster.Messier 61A large, star-forming spiral in the Virgo Cluster.Messier 63A flocculent spiral galaxy in Canes Venatici, member of the M51 Group.Black Eye GalaxyA spiral galaxy with a dark dust band and counter-rotating disks.Messier 65A member of the Leo Triplet with a warped disk.Messier 66A weakly barred spiral in the Leo Triplet.Messier 74A grand design spiral galaxy with two clear arms.Messier 77Bright Seyfert galaxy with an obscured active nucleus.Messier 81Grand design spiral galaxy with an active nucleus.Messier 83A bright barred spiral galaxy near Earth.Messier 88A Virgo Cluster spiral with ram pressure stripping.Messier 90A bright Virgo Cluster spiral with stripped gas and blueshift.Messier 91A faint barred spiral galaxy in the Virgo Cluster.Messier 94A spiral galaxy with two rings and a pseudobulge.Messier 95Barred spiral galaxy with a prominent inner star-forming ring.Messier 96An asymmetric spiral galaxy with a double-barred structure.Messier 98An intermediate spiral galaxy approaching the Milky Way.Messier 100A grand design spiral in the Virgo Cluster.Pinwheel GalaxyA large face-on spiral galaxy in Ursa Major.Messier 106Intermediate spiral galaxy with a water megamaser and supermassive black hole.Messier 108Barred spiral galaxy with H1 supershells and four observed supernovae.Messier 109Barred spiral galaxy and brightest member of the M109 Group.
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