Galaxies

Solar & Space

Galaxies

Galaxies are houses for stars and everything else we can see.
They contain millions of stars.
And like everything else they come in different types.

Name

Type

Constallation

Magnitude

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M31

Spiral

Andromeda

3.4

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NGC 5128

Elliptical

Centaurus

7

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The Large Magellanic Cloud

Irregular

Dorado

0.1

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NGC 1300

Barred Spiral

Eridanus

10

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Don't forget you can see a galaxy with your own eyes.
The local sagittarius arm can be seen stradling the sky as a block of compact stars.

Types of Galaxy?

SPIRAL:
These galaxies have many arms that spread out from the central core. Many are thought to have SuperBlackholes at the very centre.

ELLIPTICAL:
Galaxies which look like an oval. Usually yellowish and bright.

IRREGULAR:
Galexies with an unusual shape. Usually blue. Most are faint. The LMC and the SMC orbit the milkyway.

BARRED SPIRAL:
Spiral galexies with 2 arms connected by a bar through the nucleus.

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