Uploaded February 2019 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Dr Becky Smethurst is talking about M109 - an unusual barred spiral galaxy. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓

See our M98 video (peanuts in galaxies): youtu.be/Iiuz9pIkGWA

Playlist of all Messier objects we've covered: bit.ly/MessierObjects

The de Vaucouleurs Atlas of Galaxies: amzn.to/2TUIiyH

A Morphological and Statistical Analysis of Ansae in Barred Galaxies: arxiv.org/abs/0709.0814

Building the peanut: simulations and observations of peanut-shaped structures and ansae in face-on disk galaxies: arxiv.org/abs/1712.00430

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