UGC 10822 (Draco Dwarf)

Another dwarf galaxy in our local group about 280000 light years away in constellation Draco.

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NGC 4244 (Silver Needle Galaxy)

The Silver Needle Galaxy (NGC 4244. or Caldwelll 26) is an edge-on spiral galaxy about 14 million light years away in constellation Canes Venatici.

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NGC 4236 (Caldwell 3)

A barred spiral galaxy in constellation Draco about 14.5 million light years away.

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UGC 9749 (Ursa Minor Dwarf)

What looks like an ordinary star field is actually a galaxy, the so called Ursa Minor Dwarf in constellation … well, Ursa Minor.

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The Box (Hickson Compact Group 61)

A nice group of galaxies in constellation Coma Berenices.

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NGC 4395

A small and faint galaxy in constellation Canes Venatici, only about 15 million light years away.

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Leo B (Leo II)

Leo B ist another dwarf galaxy in our Local Group of galaxies.

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NGC 4449

This is another dwarf galaxy in constellation Canes Venatici about 13 million light years away.

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NGC 4414

A nice spiral galaxy about 62 million light years away in constellation Coma Berenices.

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Messier 61

A barred spiral galaxy in constellation Virgo about 52 million light years away.

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