Galaxies and galaxy groups through Hubble and Webb images. Each palette stays tied to the image and filters it came from.
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Andromeda Galaxy
Spiral galaxy
Andromeda in Hubble’s largest mosaic: a blue outer disc, a yellowish centre and dark dust lanes.
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Messier 87
Elliptical galaxy
The giant elliptical galaxy Messier 87 and its jet, in a Hubble ultraviolet and visible image.
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Milky Way
Barred spiral galaxy
We live inside the Milky Way, so no camera has photographed it from outside. See its band across our sky, and an artist’s concept of its shape.
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Sombrero Galaxy
Spiral galaxy
The Sombrero’s bright core and dark dust lane, in Hubble’s visible view and Webb’s mid-infrared view.
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Whirlpool Galaxy
Spiral galaxy
The Whirlpool Galaxy and its companion in Hubble’s 2005 mosaic: blue star clusters, pink hydrogen and brown dust lanes.
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Cartwheel Galaxy
Ring galaxy
A ring galaxy shaped by a past collision. Explore its views, where their colours came from, and palettes you can use.
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Pinwheel Galaxy
Spiral galaxy
A face-on spiral galaxy in Ursa Major. Explore its views, where their colours came from, and palettes you can use.
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SMACS 0723
Galaxy cluster
A massive galaxy cluster whose gravity magnifies galaxies far behind it. Explore its views, where their colours came from, and palettes you can use.
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Stephan’s Quintet
Compact galaxy group
A visual grouping of five galaxies, four of them interacting. Explore its views, where their colours came from, and palettes you can use.
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Triangulum Galaxy
Spiral galaxy
A spiral galaxy in the Local Group. Explore its views, where their colours came from, and palettes you can use.
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Colours belong to the images and models they were sampled from, not permanently to an object. Positions in the colour atlas are colours, not places in space.