We chose to observe NGC 253, which at a distance of 10 million light years is the nearest starburst spiral galaxy.
Through an extraordinary chance alignment, a face-on spiral galaxy lies precisely in front of another larger spiral.
It is believed that the LMC was once a barred spiral galaxy that was disrupted by the Milky Way to become somewhat irregular.
The beautiful galaxy NGC 3982 is a typical spiral galaxy and looks similar to our own galaxy, the Milky Way.
M51 is a face on spiral galaxy with a companion on its north edge that appears to be colliding with M51.
