WIYN Images: Spiral Galaxies
Spiral galaxies are rotating disk systems of stars, gas and dust. Due to their varying orientations in the sky, they may appear as face-on whirlpools, edge-on disks, or as something in between. Spirals are classified based on the tightness of their arms the size and shape of their nucleus. Those with an elongated bar-like center are called "barred spirals."
![[Arp 102]](/image_gallery/thumb/d4/p_a102.jpg) Arp 102 |
![[Arp 273]](/image_gallery/thumb/p_a273.gif) Arp 273 |
![[M31 (bit)]](/image_gallery/thumb/d2/p_m31_wiyn.jpg) M31 (bit) |
![[M101 N]](/image_gallery/thumb/d2/p_m101ny.jpg) M101 N |
![[M101 S]](/image_gallery/thumb/d2/p_m101sy.jpg) M101 S |
![[NGC91]](/image_gallery/thumb/p_ngc91.gif) NGC91 |
![[NGC470]](/image_gallery/thumb/d2/p_n470.jpg) NGC470 |
![[NGC891]](/image_gallery/thumb/d4/p_n891.jpg) NGC891 |
![[NGC891]](/image_gallery/thumb/d5/p_03306.jpg) NGC891 |
![[NGC1275]](/image_gallery/images/d2/n1275_th.jpg) NGC1275 |
![[NGC2276]](/image_gallery/thumb/d2/p_n2276.jpg) NGC2276 |
![[NGC2782]](/image_gallery/thumb/p_n2782.gif) NGC2782 |
![[NGC4013]](/image_gallery/thumb/d5/p_02953.jpg) NGC4013 |
![[NGC4402]](/image_gallery/images/d2/n4402_th.jpg) NGC4402 |
![[NGC6946]](/image_gallery/thumb/p_n6946.gif) NGC6946 |
![[NGC6951]](/image_gallery/thumb/p_n6951.gif) NGC6951 |
![[NGC7620]](/image_gallery/thumb/d5/p_03428.jpg) NGC7620 |
![[NGC7741]](/image_gallery/thumb/p_n7741.gif) NGC7741 |
![[Q2237+0305]](/image_gallery/thumb/d5/p_q2237.jpg) Q2237+0305 |
![[WIYN seeing]](/image_gallery/thumb/d6/p_03148.jpg) WIYN seeing |
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| webmaster@noao.edu Last updated: Oct 2 2013 |
