Using the brand new Mount Wilson 100 inch telescope in the San Gabriel mountain range ... stars in the nearby Great Spiral Nebula in Andromeda (now known to bea galaxy), which lies a staggering ...

Messier, Méchain, and other astronomers of their time mistook the Squid Galaxy for either a spiral nebula or a star cluster. This mischaracterization isn't surprising. More than a century would ...

Among them is a shot of a spiral galaxy 30 million light-years away ... MESSIER '78 The pick of the bunch is a 'breathtaking' shot of nebula called Messier '78, located about 1,600 light ...

At the same time, the Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) focused on LEDA 2046648, the billion-year-old spiral galaxy seen here. Webb has also captured iconic views of the Orion Nebula. Image source ...

Knowing this and how faint they appeared as seen from Earth, Hubble was able to demonstrate that the Andromeda nebula was roughly two million light years away: a neighbouring spiral galaxy.

The Sombrero Galaxy, named for its hat-like shape, is an impressive example of an edge-on spiral galaxy. Its bright centre and dark dust lanes create a striking contrast. Photo Credits: NASA ...