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Astronomy: Galaxies

A guide designed to give readers a general overview of astronomy, and sources for them to get a deeper understanding.

Galaxies - Gallery

Barred spiral galaxy - NGC 1300

Spiral galaxy - NGC 1232

Lenticular galaxy, NGC 6861

An elliptical galaxy, IC 2006

IC 1101 - The largest known galaxy

Irregular galaxy - NGC 1427A

Ring galaxy - Hoag's object

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What is a galaxy?

Galaxies are conglomerations of millions to trillions of stars, gas, dust, stellar remnants, and dark matter. For more information, see:

https://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/focus-areas/what-are-galaxies

https://www.nasa.gov/subject/6894/galaxies/

For more information on galaxy classification, see: 

https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic9902o/

https://www.britannica.com/science/galaxy/Types-of-galaxies

Supermassive black holes