Found 22,200 light-years from Earth, the globular cluster M62 is irregularly shaped, possibly owing to its proximity to our Milky Way. NASA, ESA, STScI, and S. Anderson (University of Washington) and J. Chaname (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile)
The globular cluster M75 contains about 400,000 stars. It is 13 billion years old and found 67,500 light-years from us. NASA, ESA, STScI, and G. Piotto (Università degli Studi di Padova) and E. Noyola (Max Planck Institut für extraterrestrische Physik)
The elliptical (or possibly lenticular) galaxy M86, containing 3,800 globular clusters, is moving towards us – although it’s still 52 million light-years away. NASA, ESA, STScI, and S. Faber (University of California, Santa Cruz) and P. Côté (Dominion Astrophysical Observatory)
M88 is found 47 million light-years away. It’s a spiral galaxy with well-defined and symmetrical arms. NASA, ESA, STScI and M. Stiavelli (STScI)
The elliptical galaxy M89 is almost exactly circular. It’s found 50 million light-years from us. NASA, ESA, STScI, and M. Franx (Universiteit Leiden) and S. Faber (University of California, Santa Cruz)
This bright and beautiful spiral galaxy is called M90. Found 59 million light-years away, it contains about a trillion stars. NASA, ESA, STScI, and V. Rubin (Carnegie Institution of Washington), D. Maoz (Tel Aviv University/Wise Observatory) and D. Fisher (University of Maryland)
M95 is a barred spiral galaxy found 33 million light-years away. Its arms play host to a large amount of star formation. NASA, ESA, STScI, and D. Calzetti (University of Massachusetts, Amherst) and R. Chandar (University of Toledo)
M98 is found 44 million light-years away and has an active nucleus, meaning its core is brighter than the rest of the galaxy. NASA, ESA, STScI and V. Rubin (Carnegie Institution of Washington
Also called the Surfboard galaxy, M108 is found 46 million light-years away. It gets its name from appearing edge-on with no apparent bulge or core. NASA, ESA, STScI and G. Illingworth (University of California, Santa Cruz)
Found 2.7 million light-years away orbiting the Andromeda galaxy, M110 is an elliptical galaxy with no arms or regions of star formation. NASA, ESA, STScI and D. Geisler (Universidad de Concepción)
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