{"id":34,"date":"2020-11-20T13:53:02","date_gmt":"2020-11-20T21:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/astro-imaging\/?page_id=34"},"modified":"2026-03-07T12:59:56","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T20:59:56","slug":"galaxies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/astro-imaging\/galaxies\/","title":{"rendered":"Galaxies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wsu-row wsu-row--thirds\" >\r\n    \n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Andromeda<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image wp-image-52 size-medium\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"396\" height=\"396\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.wp.wsu.edu\/uploads\/sites\/2623\/2020\/11\/andromeda-1568-black-396x396.png\" alt=\"The central region of the Andromeda galaxy shows faintly visible dust lanes\" class=\"wp-image-52\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2623\/2020\/11\/andromeda-1568-black-396x396.png 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2623\/2020\/11\/andromeda-1568-black-792x792.png 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2623\/2020\/11\/andromeda-1568-black-198x198.png 198w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2623\/2020\/11\/andromeda-1568-black-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2623\/2020\/11\/andromeda-1568-black-1536x1536.png 1536w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2623\/2020\/11\/andromeda-1568-black-990x990.png 990w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2623\/2020\/11\/andromeda-1568-black-1188x1188.png 1188w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2623\/2020\/11\/andromeda-1568-black.png 1568w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 396px) 100vw, 396px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The central region of the Andromeda galaxy shows faintly visible dust lanes. <i>(michael allen)<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A nearby supernova<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image wp-image-75 size-medium\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"396\" height=\"396\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.wp.wsu.edu\/uploads\/sites\/2623\/2020\/11\/sn2020fqv-419px-396x396.png\" alt=\"Supernova 2020fqv in galaxy NGC 4568\" class=\"wp-image-75\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2623\/2020\/11\/sn2020fqv-419px-396x396.png 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2623\/2020\/11\/sn2020fqv-419px-198x198.png 198w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2623\/2020\/11\/sn2020fqv-419px.png 419w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 396px) 100vw, 396px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Supernova 2020fqv in galaxy NGC 4568. <i>(michael allen)<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Messier 83<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image wp-image-155 size-medium\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"396\" height=\"396\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.wp.wsu.edu\/uploads\/sites\/2623\/2021\/04\/Normal_M83_lumbase-crop-scale-396x396.png\" alt=\"Messier 83 is a bright face-on spiral galaxy in the southern hemisphere.\" class=\"wp-image-155\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2623\/2021\/04\/Normal_M83_lumbase-crop-scale-396x396.png 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2623\/2021\/04\/Normal_M83_lumbase-crop-scale-792x792.png 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2623\/2021\/04\/Normal_M83_lumbase-crop-scale-198x198.png 198w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2623\/2021\/04\/Normal_M83_lumbase-crop-scale-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2623\/2021\/04\/Normal_M83_lumbase-crop-scale-990x990.png 990w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2623\/2021\/04\/Normal_M83_lumbase-crop-scale.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 396px) 100vw, 396px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Messier 83 is a bright face-on spiral galaxy in the southern hemisphere. <i>(katherine upton)<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wsu-row wsu-row--thirds\" >\r\n    \n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sextans A<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image wp-image-279 size-medium\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"396\" height=\"396\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.wp.wsu.edu\/uploads\/sites\/2623\/2023\/02\/sex_a_987px-396x396.png\" alt=\"Sextans A dwarf galaxy\" class=\"wp-image-279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2623\/2023\/02\/sex_a_987px-396x396.png 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2623\/2023\/02\/sex_a_987px-792x792.png 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2623\/2023\/02\/sex_a_987px-198x198.png 198w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2623\/2023\/02\/sex_a_987px-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2623\/2023\/02\/sex_a_987px.png 987w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 396px) 100vw, 396px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sextans A is a small cloud-shaped galaxy, and companion to the Milky Way. It is about 4 million light years away. It glows blue with light from young stars.<br><i>(michael allen)<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\n\n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1398,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"wsuwp_university_location":[],"wsuwp_university_org":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/astro-imaging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/astro-imaging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/astro-imaging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/astro-imaging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1398"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/astro-imaging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/astro-imaging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":320,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/astro-imaging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34\/revisions\/320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/astro-imaging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/astro-imaging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/astro-imaging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/astro-imaging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_location?post=34"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_org","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/astro-imaging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_org?post=34"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}