Nearby Galaxies:

All Galaxies Within 35, and 57 million light years

Luminous Galaxies Within 35, 57, and 75 million light years

 

All Galaxies Within 35 Mly

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All galaxies within 35 million light years (Mly) with an absolute B-band magnitude, cataloged in "50 Mpc Galaxy Catalog (50 MGC): Consistent and Homogeneous Masses, Distances, Colors, and Morphologies." David Ohlson, Anil C. Seth, Elena Gallo, Vivienne F. Baldassare, and Jenny E. Greene, The Astronomical Journal, 167:31 (18pp) (2024 January). Labeled galaxies are those whose name designates a galaxy group in "Groups of galaxies within 80 Mpc. II. The catalogue of groups and group members." P Fouque, E Gourgoulhon, P Chamaraux, G Paturel, Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series, 93:211-233 (1992). In addition, selected high luminosity galaxies (absolute B magnitude less than -20.8897) are labeled. The base grid parallels the supergalactic plane, and lies 32.6 million light years (Mly) below the actual supergalactic plane. The actual supergalactic plane is visible as the second grid above the base grid.

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Luminous Galaxies Within 35 Mly

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All galaxies within 35 million light years (Mly) with an absolute B magnitude less than -17.5 (the more negative the absolute magnitude, the more luminous, the more intrinsically bright the galaxy. The absolute magnitude of the Milky Way galaxy is estimated to be -20.8). Data is from: The 50 Mpc Galaxy Catalog (50 MGC): Consistent and Homogeneous Masses, Distances, Colors, and Morphologies. David Ohlson, Anil C. Seth, Elena Gallo, Vivienne F. Baldassare, and Jenny E. Greene, The Astronomical Journal, 167:31 (18pp), 2024 January. The base grid parallels the supergalactic plane, and lies 32.6 million light years (Mly) below the actual supergalactic plane. The actual supergalactic plane is visible as the second grid above the base grid. All galaxies are labeled, using the following abbreviations:

  • Cir = Circinus Galaxy = ESO 97-13
  • E = ESO
  • FF = Fourcade-Figueroa Galaxy = ESO 270-17
  • LMC = Large Magellanic Cloud = ESO 56-115
  • M = Messier
  • Maf = Maffei
  • N = NGC
  • P = PGC
  • U = UGC

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All Galaxies Within 57 Mly

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All galaxies within 57 million light years (Mly) with an absolute B-band magnitude, cataloged in "50 Mpc Galaxy Catalog (50 MGC): Consistent and Homogeneous Masses, Distances, Colors, and Morphologies." David Ohlson, Anil C. Seth, Elena Gallo, Vivienne F. Baldassare, and Jenny E. Greene, The Astronomical Journal, 167:31 (18pp) (2024 January). Labeled galaxies are those whose name designates a galaxy group in "Groups of galaxies within 80 Mpc. II. The catalogue of groups and group members." P Fouque, E Gourgoulhon, P Chamaraux, G Paturel, Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series, 93:211-233 (1992). In addition, selected high luminosity galaxies (absolute B magnitude less than -20.8897) are labeled. Cutoff at 57 million light years (Mly) takes us into the Virgo Cluster (visible as the cluster of galaxies near the end of the "To Virgo Cluster" axis). The base grid parallels the supergalactic plane, and lies 55.8 million light years (Mly) below the actual supergalactic plane. The actual supergalactic plane is visible as the second grid above the base grid.

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Luminous Galaxies Within 57 Mly

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All galaxies within 57 million light years (Mly) with an absolute B magnitude less than -17.5 (the more negative the absolute magnitude, the more luminous, the more intrinsically bright the galaxy. The absolute magnitude of the Milky Way galaxy is estimated to be -20.8). Data is from: The 50 Mpc Galaxy Catalog (50 MGC): Consistent and Homogeneous Masses, Distances, Colors, and Morphologies. David Ohlson, Anil C. Seth, Elena Gallo, Vivienne F. Baldassare, and Jenny E. Greene, The Astronomical Journal, 167:31 (18pp), 2024 January. Cutoff at 57 million light years (Mly) takes us into the Virgo Cluster (visible as the cluster of galaxies near the end of the "To Virgo Cluster" axis). The base grid parallels the supergalactic plane, and lies 55.8 million light years (Mly) below the actual supergalactic plane. The actual supergalactic plane is visible as the second grid above the base grid. Labeled galaxies are galaxies whose name designates a galaxy group in: "Groups of galaxies within 80 Mpc. II. The catalogue of groups and group members." P Fouque, E Gourgoulhon, P Chamaraux, G Paturel, Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series, 93:211-233 (1992) (LINK to the paper: https://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1992A%26AS...93..211F ).

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Luminous Galaxies Within 75 Mly

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All galaxies within 75 million light years (Mly) with an absolute B magnitude less than -17.5 (the more negative the absolute magnitude, the more luminous, the more intrinsically bright the galaxy. The absolute magnitude of the Milky Way galaxy is estimated to be -20.8). Data is from: The 50 Mpc Galaxy Catalog (50 MGC): Consistent and Homogeneous Masses, Distances, Colors, and Morphologies. David Ohlson, Anil C. Seth, Elena Gallo, Vivienne F. Baldassare, and Jenny E. Greene, The Astronomical Journal, 167:31 (18pp), 2024 January. The base grid parallels the supergalactic plane, and lies 73.1 million light years (Mly) below the actual supergalactic plane. The actual supergalactic plane is visible as the second grid above the base grid. Labeled galaxies are galaxies whose name designates a galaxy group in: "Groups of galaxies within 80 Mpc. II. The catalogue of groups and group members." P Fouque, E Gourgoulhon, P Chamaraux, G Paturel, Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series, 93:211-233 (1992) (LINK to the paper: https://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1992A%26AS...93..211F ).

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