Spiral Galaxies
22 entries in the Spiral Galaxies compendium.
Spiral galaxySpiral galaxies feature rotating disks, arms, and often a central bar.Anemic galaxyA spiral galaxy with low arm contrast and reduced star formation.Barred spiral galaxyA spiral galaxy with a central bar of stars.Grand design spiral galaxyA spiral galaxy with prominent, well-defined continuous spiral arms.Magellanic spiralA spiral galaxy with only one spiral arm.Unbarred spiral galaxyA spiral galaxy without a central bar, designated SA.2MFGC 12344A super spiral LINER galaxy in Serpens with a fast rotating disk.4C 11.50A radio-loud quasar with an unusual spiral host galaxy.0313−192An edge-on spiral galaxy with rare double-lobed radio jets.Alaknanda GalaxyA distant spiral galaxy discovered by JWST in 2025.ALESS 073.1An ancient spiral galaxy that challenges galaxy formation models.Arp 220Closest ultraluminous infrared galaxy, merging two galaxies.B2 1441+26A low-luminosity radio galaxy with a double radio source.Carina–Sagittarius ArmA minor spiral arm of the Milky Way galaxy.Corotation circleCircle where stars and spiral arms move at same speed.ESO 248-G10A giant spiral galaxy with a quasar-like nucleus and enormous radio lobes.IC 184A faint, small spiral galaxy with a water megamaser.IC 438Seyfert I spiral galaxy in Lepus with three observed supernovae.IC 485A spiral galaxy with a debated AGN and a disc maser.IC 1166A pair of galaxies 977 million light-years away in Corona Borealis.IC 1481Spiral galaxy with a LINER nucleus and a luminous H2O megamaser disk.IC 2531Edge-on spiral galaxy nicknamed 'little N 891'.
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