Above and Beyond: Galaxy Types—Stunning Spirals

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This video shows a series of spinning spiral galaxies.

Produced by the Space Telescope Science Institute’s Office of Public Outreach.

All images, illustrations, and videos courtesy of NASA, ESA, and STScI except:
 
·       Milky Way panoramas courtesy of ESO/Y. Beletsky and ESO/Bruno Gilli
·       Photos of Edwin Hubble courtesy of Huntington Library
·       Andromeda Galaxy image courtesy of Bill Schoening, Vanessa Harvey/REU program/NOAO/AURA/NSF
·       Photo of Henrietta Leavitt courtesy of American Institute of Physics, Emilio Segrè Visual Archives
·       M33, M94, NGC 55, M49, and M84 images courtesy of NOAO/AURA/NSF
·       NGC 6822 image courtesy of Local Group Galaxies Survey Team/NOAO/AURA/NSF
·       NGC 1232 image courtesy of ESO/P. Grosbøl
·       NGC 4449 image courtesy of Digital Sky Survey/AURA
·       NGC 1300 image courtesy of Hillary Mathis/NOAO/AURA/NSF
·       Small Magellanic Cloud image courtesy of F. Winkler/Middlebury College, the MCELS Team, and NOAO/AURA/NSF
·       NGC 55 color image courtesy of T. A. Rector/NOAO/AURA/NSF
 
Written by Vanessa Thomas
Designed by John Godfrey 
Music courtesy of Association Production Music

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 Text, GALAXY TYPES. Stunning SPIRALS. 

A series of spinning spiral galaxies, orange, white, red, and yellow. 

A white and red spiral galaxy spins clockwise. 

A white spiral galaxy spins counterclockwise. 

A series of spinning spiral galaxies, blue, pink, white, orange, and yellow.