... Although discovered 250 years ago, only much later was it appreciated that M83 was not a nearby gas cloud, but a barred spiral galaxy much like our own Milky Way Galaxy . ...
... Astronomy Picture of the Day . Index - Galaxies: Clusters of Galaxies. ... 1185 's hundreds of galaxies are elliptical galaxies, although spiral , lenticular , and irregular galaxies are all clearly ...
... Explanation: Elliptical galaxies are unlike spiral galaxies and hence unlike our own Milky Way Galaxy . ... Explanation: Elliptical galaxy M87 is a type of galaxy that looks much different than our own Milky Way Galaxy . ...
... Astronomy Picture of the Day . Index - Galaxies: Spiral Galaxies. ... interaction with a neighboring galaxy created waves of high mass and condensed gas which continue to orbit the galaxy center ...
... Explanation: Big and beautiful spiral galaxy M81 , in the northern constellation Ursa Major , is one of the brightest galaxies visible in the skies of planet Earth. ...
... Astronomy Picture of the Day . Index - Galaxies: Colliding Galaxies. ... predict that NGC 2207, the larger galaxy on the left, will eventually incorporate IC 2163, the smaller galaxy on the right ...
... Galaxy (M31), M32 , M33 , the Large Magellanic Cloud , the Small Magellanic Cloud ... galaxies reflects the fact that little galaxies may loom large in the process of ... galaxy , neighbor to the Small Magellanic Cloud , and one of eleven known dwarf ...
... Astronomy Picture of the Day . Index - Galaxies: Clusters. ... Today's Picture | . Abell 2218: A Galaxy Cluster Lens . Abell 3627 in the Great Attractor . The Dawn of the Clusters . ...
... Astronomy Picture of the Day . Index - Galaxies: Ellipticals. ... A Black Hole in M87's Center? . The Coma Cluster of Galaxies . Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy M32 . Elliptical Galaxy M87 . ...
... Recent evidence indicates that a close gravitational interaction with a neighboring galaxy created waves of high mass and condensed gas which continue to orbit the galaxy center. ...