Cetus is a constellation, sometimes called 'the whale' in English. The Cetus was a sea monster in Greek mythology which both Perseus and Heracles needed to slay. Cetus is in the region of the sky that contains other water-related constellations: Aquarius, Pisces and Eridanus.
Arp 147 is an interacting pair of ring galaxies. It lies 430 million to 440 million light years away in the constellation Cetus and does not appear to be part of any significant galaxy group. The system was originally discovered in 1893 by Stephane Javelle and is listed in the Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies.
NGC 135 is a lenticular galaxy located in the constellation of Cetus and 335 million light-years away, and 40,000 light-years across.
IC 3 is a compact elliptical galaxy located approximately 228 million light-years away in the constellation of Pisces. The galaxy was discovered by astronomer Stéphane Javelle on August 27, 1892.
NGC 435 is an intermediate spiral galaxy located around 478 million light-years away in the constellation Cetus. NGC 435 was discovered on October 23rd, 1864 by Albert Marth, and it does not have an active galactic nucleus or much star-formation.
NGC 487 is a barred spiral galaxy located about 250 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation Cetus. NGC 487's calculated velocity is 5949 km/s. NGC 487 was discovered by American astronomer Francis Leavenworth on November 28, 1885.
NGC 480 is a spiral galaxy located about 546 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation Cetus. NGC 480 was discovered by American astronomer Francis Leavenworth In 1886.
NGC 499, also occasionally referred to as PGC 5060, IC 1686 or GC 289, is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Pisces. It is located approximately 197 million light-years from the Solar System and was discovered on 12 September, 1784 by astronomer William Herschel.
NGC 655 is a lenticular galaxy located 400 million light-years away in the constellation Cetus. It was discovered in a sky-survey by Ormond Stone on December 12, 1885.
NGC 530, also known as IC 106, is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Cetus. It is approximately 226 million light years from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 100,000 light years. The object was discovered on November 20, 1886, by the American astronomer Lewis A. Swift, who listed it as NGC 530, and rediscovered on November 16, 1887, by Guillaume Bigourdan, who listed it as IC 106.
IC 1682 is a large spiral galaxy in the constellation Pisces. It is estimated to be 200 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 45,000 light-years in diameter. In the same area of the sky there are, among other things: the galaxies NGC 494, IC 1680, IC 1684, IC 1685. The object was discovered on November 29, 1899, by Stéphane Javelle. It has been extensively researched by NASA.
IC 4223 is a spiral galaxy located in Virgo constellation. The galaxy is located 684 million light-years away from the solar system and was first discovered by Guillaume Bigourdan, a French astronomer, who saw it on April 12, 1899. Its diameter is around 120,000 thousand light-years.
IC 4271 is a spiral galaxy located some 800 million light-years away in Canes Venatici constellation. It is 130,000 light-years in diameter. IC 4271 was first located on July 10th 1896 by Stephane Javelle, a French astronomer. It hosts a Seyfert type 2 nucleus, containing an acceleration disc around its supermassive black hole which releases large amounts of radiation, hence its bright appearance. IC 4271 appears to be interacting with its smaller neighboring galaxy, PGC 3096774.
IC 21 known as PGC 1785, is a distant barred spiral galaxy located in the Cetus constellation. It is located 822 million light-years away and has an estimated diameter of 120,000 thousand light-years. IC 21 was first found by Stephane Javelle, who was a French astronomer on November 7th in 1891. The galaxy is apparently located near towards a dwarf galaxy, PGC 3112047. According to SIMBAD database, IC 21 is both a Seyfert type 2 and radio galaxy, suggesting an active galactic nucleus.
IC 42 known as PGC 2463 and PGC 911417, is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation of Cetus. It is about 750 million light-years away from the solar system and has an estimated diameter of 145,000 thousand light-years, making it bigger compared to the Milky Way galaxy. It was first found by Stephane Javelle, a French astronomer on August 25, 1892. According to SIMBAD, it is considered as an emission-line galaxy.
IC 4461 is a spiral galaxy located in the Boötes constellation, located at distance of 417 million light-years from both the Milky Way and Andromeda Galaxy.
IC 4462 is an elliptical galaxy located in the Boötes constellation. It is located 417 million light-years away from the solar system and was found by Stephane Javelle on June 22, 1895 the same day he discovered IC 4461, a spiral galaxy. It is gravitationally interacting with IC 4461 and possibly might merge with the latter in the future. Both galaxies form Arp 95, which they are classified under galaxies that have elliptical companions. Sometimes the galaxy is confused with IC 4461.
IC 64 is a massive lenticular galaxy located 622 million light-years away in the Pisces constellation. IC 64 has a diameter of 300,000 thousand light-years, making it, three times bigger than the Milky Way and one of the largest galaxies observed. IC 64 was discovered by Stephane Javelle, a French astronomer on 5th December, 1893. It has an active galactic nucleus and is considered a radio galaxy.
IC 3625 is a lenticular galaxy, located in the constellation of Virgo, 990 million light-years away from the solar system. With an apparent size of 0.75 by 0.55 arcmin, IC 3625 has an diameter of 200,000 light years, making it twice the size of the Milky Way. The object was discovered by American astronomer, Royal Harwood Frost on May 10, 1904. Despite listed in the Virgo Cluster catalogue as VCC 1799, it is not a member of the Virgo Cluster but instead a background galaxy.
IC 5337 or JW100, is a spiral galaxy located 800 million light-years away from the solar system in the constellation of Pegasus. It is probably gravitationally bound to IC 5338, the brightest cluster galaxy in Abell 2626. IC 5337 is a jellyfish galaxy, mainly due to dynamic stripping pressure. Star-forming gas are thrown about, as the galaxy penetrates through the thin gas layer and causing them to drip from the galaxy's disc, giving it its unique appearance of a cosmic jellyfish. In the image, other galaxies can be seen in the background.
