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Messier 91 – NGC 4548 – HST
Messier 91 (also known as NGC 4548 or M91) is a barred spiral galaxy found south of Coma Berenices. It is in the local supercluster and is part of the Virgo Cluster of galaxies. It is about 63 million light-years away from our galaxy. It was the last of a group of eight “nebulae” – the term ‘galaxy’ only came into use for these objects once it was realized in the 20th century that they were extragalactic – discovered by Charles Messier in 1781. It is the faintest object in the Messier catalogue.
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More info:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_91
Hubble NGC 520
NGC 520 has two colliding spiral galaxies approximately 90 million light-years away in the constellation Pisces.
Hubble NGC 6779
Messier 56 (also known as M56 or NGC 6779) is a globular cluster in the constellation Lyra.
It was discovered by Charles Messier on January 19, 1779. The cluster is located almost midway along an imaginary line between Albireo (β Cygni) and Sulafat (γ Lyrae). Source and more info:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_56
Hubble Arp 240
NGC 5258 and NGC 5257 (from left to right) are interacting spiral galaxies located in Virgo constellation.
Both galaxies are distorted by the gravitational interaction, and both are connected by a tidal bridge.
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Hubble Mystic Mountain
As seen from Hubble telescope, dust pillars and newly formed stars compose this nebula, informally named as Mystic Mountain.
It is located within Carina Nebula which spans about three light years. The distance between the nebula and our own solar system is approximately 7.500 light years.
Hubble NGC 299
NGC 299 is an open star cluster found in the Small Magellanic Cloud.
The distance from our own solar system is approximately 200.000 light-years. NGC 299 and similar open clusters are collections of stars weakly bound by gravity. NASA, ESA, Hubble Space telescope.
Hubble Carina Nebula
This is a cosmic pillar of dust inside the Carina nebula, a highly active star forming region inside our own galaxy.
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Hubble LEDA 56779
LEDA 56779 is a starburst galaxy. It produces up to 100 times more new stars than normal galaxies.
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