NGC 2803 (also MCG 3-24-27, UGC 4898 and PGC 26181) is a magnitude +14.1 lenticular galaxy located 409 million light-years away in the constellation Cancer. NGC 2802 lies close to the galaxy. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 s...
NGC 2843 (also PGC 26414) is a magnitude +15.5 lenticular galaxy located 782 million light-years away in the constellation Cancer. A relatively bright foreground star HD 80495 lies close (9' north) to the galaxy. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47...
A 1964 image of the galaxy NGC 3303 shows an odd "jet", but in 2009 an amateur astronomer discovered that the jet had vanished. It seems that the jet may have really been an asteroid photographed 36 years before it was officially discovered. Asteroid 2002 TU240, discovered on 6 October 20...
Similar in size and grand design to our own Milky Way, spiral galaxy NGC 3370 lies about 98 million light-years away toward the constellation Leo. Recorded here in exquisite detail by the Hubble Space Telescope's Advanced Camera for Surveys, the big, beautiful face-on spiral, about 95,00...
NGC 4126 (also MCG 3-31-47, UGC 7123 and PGC 38565) is a magnitude +13.4 face-on spiral galaxy located 312 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at...
NGC 4152 (also IRAS 12080+1618, MCG 3-31-52, UGC 7169 and PGC 38749) is a magnitude +12.2 face-on spiral galaxy located 99 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 specu...
NGC 4350 (also MCG 3-32-23, UGC 7473 and PGC 40295) is a magnitude +11.0 lenticular galaxy located 55 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Datc...
NGC 4379 (also MCG 3-32-26, UGC 7502 and PGC 40484) is a magnitude +11.7 lenticular galaxy located 49 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Datc...
NGC 4489 (also MCG 3-32-54, UGC 7655 and PGC 41365) is a magnitude +12.0 elliptical galaxy located 44 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Datc...
NGC 4498 (also IRAS 12291+1707, MCG 3-32-56, UGC 7669 and PGC 41472) is a magnitude +12.1 spiral galaxy located 69 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum refl...
NGC 4502 (also MCG 3-32-60, UGC 7677 and PGC 41531) is a magnitude +13.9 spiral galaxy located 75 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector in Datchet,...
NGC 4515 (also MCG 3-32-65, UGC 7701 and PGC 41652) is a magnitude +12.3 lenticular galaxy located 44 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Datc...
NGC 4540 (also IRAS 12323+1549, MCG 3-32-74, UGC 7742 and PGC 41876) is a magnitude +11.7 spiral galaxy located 59 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum refl...
Baffling boxy bulge Just as many people are surprised to find themselves packing on unexplained weight around the middle, astronomers find the evolution of bulges in the centres of spiral galaxies puzzling. A recent NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 4710 is part of a survey that astrono...
NGC 4758 (also IRAS 12502+1607, MCG 3-33-15, UGC 8014 and PGC 43707) is a magnitude +13.3 irregular galaxy located 57 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum r...
