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38 Hours with the M81 Group

By |2025-04-10T09:09:10-04:00April 10th, 2025|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , |

Photo of the Day From a garden on planet Earth, 38 hours of exposure with a camera and small telescope produced this cosmic photo of the M81 galaxy group. In fact, the group's dominant galaxy M81 is near the center of the frame sporting grand spiral arms and a bright yellow core. Also known [...]

IFN and the NGC 7771 Group

By |2024-08-31T09:09:12-04:00August 31st, 2024|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , |

Photo of the Day Galaxies of the NGC 7771 Group are featured in this intriguing skyscape. Some 200 million light-years distant toward the constellation Pegasus, NGC 7771 is the large, edge-on spiral near center, about 75,000 light-years across, with two smaller galaxies below it. Large spiral NGC 7769 is seen face-on to the right. [...]

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