#barredspiral — Public Fediverse posts

📸 Messier 109
Barred spiral galaxy M109 lies just beneath the Big Dipper in Ursa Major. Though small in our sky, it spans 120,000 light-years across at a distance of 60 million light-years. This view also shows possible satellite galaxies UGC 6969, UGC 6940, and UGC 6923.
📅 June 27, 2025
📷 Robert Eder
🔗 https://stellarsnap.space
#APOD #Messier109 #M109 #NGC3992 #BarredSpiral #UrsaMajor #GalaxyCluster #Astrophotography #StellarSnap #DeepSky #SatelliteGalaxies

📸 In the Center of Spiral Galaxy M61
M61 (NGC 4303) is a barred spiral galaxy 55 million light-years away in the Virgo Cluster. Its bright center contains a supermassive black hole surrounded by a smaller spiral of star-forming gas — like a galaxy within a galaxy.
📅 June 24, 2025
📷 Robert Gendler, NASA, ESA, Hubble, ESO
🔗 https://stellarsnap.space
#APOD #M61 #NGC4303 #SpiralGalaxy #BarredSpiral #BlackHole #Galaxies #Astrophotography #StellarSnap #NASA #ESA #Hubble

#NGC1672: #BarredSpiral #Galaxy from #Hubble
#Astronomy #Picture of the Day

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250311.html

#APOD

#BarredSpiral #Galaxy #NGC1365 from #Webb
#AstronomyPicture of the Day

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230218.html

#APOD