Galaxy
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by griffinlady
Possible spiral or Lenticular galaxy? Thoughts
I love finding galaxies. Also would like to know what this galaxy is called.Posted
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by Dr.Asteroid scientist, admin
This is a spiral galaxy. I'd say that this one is a nice barred spiral with two distinct arms. Since the telescope that took this image is very fast (F/1.5) the central area of galaxies tends to get washed out.
Here's a description of galaxies in terms of the morphological types.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxy_morphological_classification
Are you asking for a specific identification of the galaxy - i.e., the NGC number?
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