The Astronomical Zoo

The Astronomical Zoo



My intent here is to present some pictures of several type of astronomical objects in a format like that a professional astronomer might use in his or her work. If you want to go to an object or position on the sky that I don't have listed here, check out the Digital Sky Survey! It's a useful site!

Click on section headers for somewhat more extensive lists. This page is intended only as a representative survey.


Milky Way Objects:

Planetary Nebulae: Supernova Remnants: Globular clusters:

Open Clusters:

Other Galaxies:

Early-type Galaxies (Ellipticals): A token intermediate type galaxy: M85 (NGC 4382) - an S0 galaxy

Late-type Galaxies:

Spiral Galaxies:

Barred Spiral Galaxies:

Irregular Galaxies:


The Astronomical Zoo - Eric Sandquist - erics@apollo.astro.nwu.edu

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