Canis Major ranks 43rd in size ... This week’s large telescope target is the Dusty Hand Galaxy. Astronomers refer to this object as NGC 2146, and this barred spiral galaxy lies in the faint ...
A Bright Bar of Light: A striking bar of light in the NGC 2217 galaxy, 65 million light-years away in Canis Major, mirrors the structure of our Milky Way with its luminous central bar and spiral arms.