Gary Imm

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A backyard amateur astrophotographer enjoying retirement with my wife on beautiful Lake Livingston in Onalaska, Texas, about 90 minutes north of Houston.

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Magellanic Galaxies A collection by Gary Imm

This is a collection of classic Magellanic Galaxies; that is, those classified as Barred Magellanic Spirals (SBm). The prototype and namesake is the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). In addition to being asymmetric, SBm galaxies usually have the following characteristics: off-center white stellar bar, 1 dominant arm, blue star formation areas, and a diameter between 15,000 and 40,000 light years.