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The universe contains countless galaxies. Galaxies are huge systems of stars: they contain hundreds of millions of stars. Opposed to nebulae and star clusters, which are part of our milky way, galaxies are extra-galactic and lie many millions of lightyears away from us. They usually are very faint and are hard to observe visually.
 | Andromeda galaxy (M31) and companion (M110). Canon EOS 350D, 250mm telelens piggyback on LX200. |
 | Three galaxies in Leo, WO Z80 refractor. |
 | December 14, 2009. A cold winter night, with very good seeing. Galaxy NGC891 in andromeda (17x1 min), 10" LX200/ATIk 16HRC. |
 | December 14, 2009. Pinwheel galaxy M33 in Triangulum (30x1 min). 10" LX200/ATIk 16HRC. |
 | June 13, 2009. Two galaxies M81 (right) and M82 (left) in Ursa Major. stack of 21 60s exposures, William Optics Z80 (piggyback on LX200) and ATK 16HRC. |
 | april 1, 2009. Galaxy M51 in Ursa Major. Stack of 24 30s exposures. 10" LX200GPS @ f/6.7, ATK 16HRC. |
 | This image of M106 was taken on January 28, 2006. 10" LX200 @f/6.3, EOS350D and 2 minutes exposure. |
 | October 12, 2009. Image of core of M31 ("andromeda nebula") in Andromeda, William Optics Z80 with ATIK 16HRC, stack of 8 images, total 32 minutes exposure. In the right bottom corner, another galaxy (M110) is visible. |
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