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Hubble images of Galaxies

Sloan Digital Sky Survey images of Galaxies


Andromeda Galaxy M31, the largest member of the Local Group of galaxies

Relative sizes on the sky of Andromeda and the Moon


Abell 1689, a rich cluster containing lots of (yellowish) ellipticals, with (bluish) arcs from lensed galaxies behind it


Sombrero Galaxy M104, a lenticular galaxy


Whirlpool Galaxy M51


NGC 1300, a barred spiral

Colliding galaxies: NGC 2207 and IC 2163

Seyfert's Sextet

The Virgo cluster, at the center of the Local Supercluster of galaxies


Sloan Digital Sky Survey of galaxies


Hubble Ultra Deep Field (2004)


Figure 1.1 of Cosmic Perspective

Fig 1.1 of Cosmic Perspective (copyrighted)

Figure 1.3 of Cosmic Perspective

Fig 1.3 of Cosmic Perspective (copyrighted)

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