Galaxies...come in all Types Just Depends on how We See'em

Face On Galaxies

Regarding Galaxy Perspective

The Whirpool Galaxy in Canes Venatici

No one can say enough about this iconic field, the Leo Trio of galaxies. The field you see above is 30-35 Million Light Years away. I'm sorry, what you see may no longer be the same at this moment in time.  But who's time? It's all relative to one's position.  North is to the left in this image. M55 is located at the lower right, M65 above and NGC3628 on the left. The field is approximately Each of these galaxies offers a different perspective on how we perceive galactic structure from Earth. Dominating the image on the left  is NGC3628, also known as the Hamburger Galaxy. Lower right is M66 displaying an abundant galacitc halo. Enough data and depth on this image reveals subtle indicators of a one-time interaction between the Hamburger and M66.  To the top right is M65, also gravitationally bound to M66. To located this group, look below Denebola and Certon, favoring Cherton below Leo's hind quarters. Technical Image Data: In the 500-min of  total time of this image captured from my Atoka, OK observatory there is amazing pixel depth.thanks to myAstro Tech AT-130 refractor telescope at f/6 mounted on an EQ-6, with a QSI 583-WSG,  guided by a DSI: Individual channels = L320, R40, G70, B70.  Image was calibrated, aligned, combined, DDP and deconvoluted in MaxIm DL with post processing in Photoshop CS2 (c)2011 Max Corneau

Both images were captured in March/April 2011 from Mayhill, NM remotely with Tzec Maun AP206mm refractor on Paramount ME with STL11000 camera.  Image on right contains 10 more minutes of blue and 30 minutes of Ha which allowed greater image depth.  Total time is 3:05 both images captured with ACP calibrated, aligned, combined, DDP and deconvolution in MaxIm DL with post processing in Photoshop CS2 (c)2011 Max Corneau

Edge-On Galaxies

M104, The Sombrero Galaxy captured Feb 29th, 2008  from Mayhill, NM remotely with Tzec Maun AP206mm refractor on Paramount ME with STL11000 camera.  Total time is amazingly only 24 minutes! L10R5G4B5  captured with ACP calibrated, aligned, combined, DDP and deconvolution in MaxIm DL with post processing in Photoshop CS2 (c)2011 Max Corneau