Category

Low surface brightness galaxies

page 1

Small Magellanic Cloud

irregular galaxy, satellite galaxy of the Milky Way

spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus

interacting galaxy

irregular galaxy in the constellation Cassiopeia

low-surface-brightness galaxy

dwarf spiral galaxy

dwarf version of a spiral galaxy

Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte

The Wolf–Lundmark–Melotte Galaxy (WLM) is a barred irregular galaxy discovered in 1909 by Max Wolf, located on the outer edges of the Local Group. The discovery of the nature of the galaxy was accredited to Knut Lundmark and Philibert Jacques Melotte in 1926. It is located in the constellation of Cetus.

Pegasus Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy

low-surface-brightness galaxy

diffuse galaxy with a surface brightness that is at least one magnitude lower than the ambient night sky

Crater 2 dwarf galaxy

dwarf satellite galaxy of the Milky Way

low-surface-brightness spiral galaxy

dwarf galaxy is located behind the Galactic disc at a latitude of b∼11∘

low-Surface Brightness galaxy in the constellation Pisces

galaxy in constellation Centaurus