Named Galaxies
- Bode's Galaxy is Messier 81, a spiral galaxy about 12 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major.
- Hanny's Voorwerp ("Hanny's object") is a galaxy of unknown nature.
- Hoag's Object is a peculiar galaxy in the shape of a ring.
- Holmberg II is a dwarf irregular galaxy about 9.8 million light-years away in the M81 Group.
- Holmberg IX is a dwarf irregular galaxy and a satellite galaxy of Messier 81.
- Huchra's Lens is a lensed galaxy.
- Komossa'a object is a galaxy in which the supermassive black hole disrupted a star.
- Maffei 1 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Cassiopeia and the closest giant elliptical galaxy to the Milky Way.
- Maffei 2 is a spiral galaxy about 10 million light-years away in the constellation Cassiopeia.
- Mayall's Object
- Willman 1 is an ultra low-mass dwarf galaxy.
- The Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte galaxy is an irregular galaxy on the outer edges of the Local Group. It is in the constellation Cetus.
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