It's just space: 30 stunning photos of galaxies (31 photos)

Space is so vast, mysterious, and therefore incredibly alluring. The Hubble Space Telescope, launched into low-Earth orbit in the 1990s, during this time discovered new galaxies in the vast Universe and took mesmerizing photographs. Let's take a look at the most beautiful of them!





1. Hoag's Object - a galaxy in the constellation Serpens



The galaxy contains about eight billion stars and its outer ring diameter is approximately 120,000 light years.

2. The Sombrero Galaxy, located in the constellation Virgo at a distance of 29.3 million light years from Earth





3. W2246-0526 is the galaxy with the highest luminosity, which “absorbs” at least three smaller galaxies



4. The Whirlpool Galaxy is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici. It was the first galaxy to be classified as a spiral galaxy



5. Messier 74 - a spiral galaxy in the constellation Pisces



6. The Large Magellanic Cloud is a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way, located 160,000 light years from Earth



7. NGC 4388 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Virgo, which is located 60 million light years from Earth



8. NGC 4696 is a galaxy in the constellation Centaurus, located 150 million light years from Earth



9. Black Eye is a relatively isolated spiral galaxy located 17 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices.



10. NGC 6753 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Pavo. Located 150 million light years from Earth



11. NGC 2936 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Hydra, located at a distance of 326 million light years from us



12. NGC 2207 and IC 2163 - a pair of spiral galaxies located at a distance of about 80 million light years from Earth



13. And this is Kiso 5639, a dwarf galaxy shaped like a tadpole



14. Galaxy I Zwicky 18, which was once thought to be the youngest galaxy discovered. Located about 59 million light years from Earth



15. NGC 2336 is a galaxy in the constellation Giraffe. It is located about 100 million light years from Earth



16. Sunflower is a galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici, which contains about 400 billion stars



17. Messier 77 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus. About 47 million light years away from Earth



18. The Milky Way is a 13.6 billion year old galaxy that contains the Earth and solar system



19. NGC 2500 - spiral galaxy in the constellation Lynx



20. The Cigar Galaxy is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major, located at a distance of about 12 million light years from Earth



21. The Antennae Galaxies are a pair of galaxies in the constellation of the Raven. They are currently in the active star formation stage.



22. MACS 2129-1 is a so-called “dead” galaxy located at a distance of about 10 billion light years from Earth. New stars have stopped forming in it



23. The Andromeda Galaxy is the closest galaxy to the Milky Way and one of the few visible to the naked eye. Located at a distance of about 2,480,000 light years from Earth



24. IC 342 - spiral galaxy in the constellation Giraffe



25. RX J1140.1+0307 - spiral galaxy in the constellation Virgo



26. Bode Galaxy is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major, located at a distance of about 12 million light years from our planet



27. IDCS 1426 - a massive galaxy cluster located 10 billion light years from Earth



28. Galaxy ESO 137-001 is located in the constellation Triangulum Southern in the large galaxy cluster Abell 3627



29. NGC 7331, also known as Caldwell 30, is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Pegasus. Located at a distance of about 40 million light years from Earth



30. MACS J0717.5+3745 - a large cluster of galaxies located at a distance of 5.4 billion light years from our planet