List of galaxies
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This is a list of notable galaxies.
- Abell 1835 IR1916
- AM 0644-741
- Andromeda Galaxy (M31/NGC 224)
- Andromeda I
- Antennae Galaxies (NGC 4038/NGC 4039)
- Aquarius Dwarf
- Arp 299 - pair of colliding galaxies; has six recorded supernovae (in total). This is composed of IC 694 and NGC 3690.
- Black Eye Galaxy (M64/NGC 4826)
- Bode's Galaxy (M81/NGC 3031)
- Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy
- Carina Dwarf
- Centaurus A Galaxy
- Cigar Galaxy (M82/NGC 3034)
- Circinus Galaxy
- Comet Galaxy
- Draco Dwarf
- Dwingeloo 1
- Dwingeloo 2
- Eyes Galaxies (NGC 4435-4438)
- Fornax Dwarf
- Hoag's object (a ring galaxy)
- Huchra's Lens
- HVC 127-41-330
- I Zwicky 18
- IC 10
- IC 342
- IC 1613
- IOK-1 - Farthest galaxy ever observed. (formed 750 million years after the Big Bang)
- Large Magellanic Cloud
- Leo I (dwarf galaxy)
- LGS 3
- M32 (NGC 221)
- M49
- M58
- M59
- M60
- M61
- M65
- M66
- M74 (NGC 628)
- M77
- M84
- M85
- M86
- M87
- M88
- M89
- M90
- M91
- M94
- M95
- M96
- M98
- M99
- M100 (NGC 4321)
- M105
- M106
- M108
- M109
- M110 (NGC 205)
- Maffei I
- Maffei II
- Mice Galaxies
- Milky Way Galaxy - home galaxy of Earth, satellites
- NGC 1
- NGC 55
- NGC 147
- NGC 185
- NGC 300
- NGC 404
- NGC 891
- NGC 1055 - a galaxy near M77
- NGC 1087 - a short-barred (i.e. it has a short bar) galaxy
- NGC 1260
- NGC 1275
- NGC 1300
- NGC 1316 (Fornax A Galaxy)
- NGC 1365
- NGC 1532
- NGC 1569
- NGC 1672 - a galaxy similar to NGC 1300
- NGC 1705
- NGC 2207 and IC 2163 - pair of colliding galaxies.
- NGC 2403
- NGC 2770 'Supernova Factory' the location of three supernovas since 1999
- NGC 2812
- NGC 2976
- NGC 3077
- NGC 3079
- NGC 3109
- NGC 3184
- NGC 3226
- NGC 3227
- NGC 3310
- NGC 3314 - a galaxy overlapping another galaxy, thus constituting a galactic pair (i.e. the two are listed as a single object).
- NGC 3370
- NGC 3384
- NGC 3628
- NGC 3949 - part of M109 group
- NGC 3953 - part of M109 group
- NGC 3982 - part of M109 group
- NGC 4013
- NGC 4314
- NGC 4395
- NGC 4414
- NGC 4555 - an isolated elliptical galaxy.
- NGC 4565
- NGC 4567 and NGC 4568 - also known as "Siamese Twins" or the Butterfly Galaxies.
- NGC 4618/NGC 4625 - interacting galaxies, with each being asymmetric and having one spiral arm.
- NGC 4881
- NGC 5078
- NGC 5195
- NGC 6240
- NGC 6822 (Barnards galaxy)
- NGC 7331
- NGC 7742
- Galaxy_0402+379
- Pegasus Dwarf
- Phoenix Dwarf
- Pinwheel Galaxy (M101/NGC 5457)
- RXJ1242-11
- Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy
- Sculptor Dwarf
- Sculptor Galaxy
- Sextans A
- Sextans Dwarf
- Small Magellanic Cloud
- Sombrero Galaxy (M104)
- Southern Pinwheel Galaxy (M83/NGC 5236)
- Spindle Galaxy
- Spindle Galaxy in Draco (NGC 5866, possibly M102)
- Spindle Galaxy in Sextans (NGC 3115)
- Spiral Galaxy ESO 269-57
- Sunflower Galaxy (M63)
- Triangulum Galaxy (M33/NGC 598)
- Tucana Dwarf
- Ursa Major I Dwarf
- Ursa Major II Dwarf
- Ursa Minor Dwarf
- VIRGOHI21
- Virgo Stellar Stream
- Whirlpool Galaxy (M51/NGC 5194)
- Willman 1
- Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte (WLM)
- UGC 5675
- ZW II 96
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