| 1 | Andromeda | Andromeda | Andromeda,which is shortened from "Andromeda Galaxy", gets its name from the area of the sky in which it appears, the constellation of Andromeda. | It is the closest big galaxy to the Milky Way |
| 2 | Black Eye Galaxy | Coma Berenices | It has a spectacular dark band of absorbing dust in front of the galaxy's bright nucleus, giving rise to its nicknames of the "Black Eye" or "Evil Eye" galaxy. | |
| 3 | Bode's Galaxy | Ursa Major | Named for Johann Elert Bode who discovered this galaxy in 1774. | |
| 4 | Cartwheel Galaxy | Sculptor | Its visual appearance is similar to that of a spoked cartwheel. | |
| 5 | Cigar Galaxy | Ursa Major | Appears similar in shape to a cigar. | |
| 6 | Comet Galaxy | Sculptor | This galaxy is named after its unusual appearance, looking like a comet. | The comet effect is caused by tidal stripping by its galaxy cluster, Abell 2667. |
| 7 | Cosmos Redshift 7 | Sextans | The name of this galaxy is based on a redshift (z)measurement of nearly 7 (actually, z = 6.604). | Galaxy Cosmos Redshift 7 is reported to be the brightest of distant galaxies (z > 6) and to contain some of the earliest first stars (first generation; Population III) that produced the chemical elements needed for the later formation of planets and life as we know it. |
| 8 | Hoag's Object | Serpens Caput | This is named after Art Hoag, who discovered this ring galaxy. | It is of the subtype Hoag-type galaxy, and may in fact be a polar-ring galaxy with the ring in the plane of rotation of the central object. |
| 9 | Large Magellanic Cloud | Dorado/Mensa | Named after Ferdinand Magellan | This is the fourth largest galaxy in the Local Group, and forms a pair with the SMC, and from recent research, may not be part of the Milky Way system of satellites at all. |
| 10 | Small Magellanic Cloud | Tucana | Named after Ferdinand Magellan | This forms a pair with the LMC, and from recent research, may not be part of the Milky Way system of satellites at all. |
| 11 | Mayall's Object | Ursa Major | This is named after Nicholas Mayall, of the Lick Observatory, who discovered it. | Also called VV 32 and Arp 148, this is a very peculiar looking object, and is likely to be not one galaxy, but two galaxies undergoing a collision. Event in images is a spindle shape and a ring shape. |
| 12 | Pinwheel Galaxy | Ursa Major | Similar in appearance to a pinwheel (toy). | |
| 13 | Sombrero Galaxy | Virgo | Similar in appearance to a sombrero. | |
| 14 | Sunflower Galaxy | Canes Venatici | Appearance | |
| 15 | Tadpole Galaxy | Draco | The name comes from the resemblance of the galaxy to atadpole. | This shape resulted from tidal interaction that drew out a long tidal tail. |
| 16 | Whirlpool Galaxy | Canes Venatici | From the whirlpool appearance this gravitationally disturbed galaxy exhibits. | |