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A galaxy with a bulge at its center and spiral arms?
A spiral galaxy or barred galaxy, the milky way is one.
What is the difference between a flocculent spiral galaxy and a grand design spiral galaxy?
A grand design spiral galaxy (like Whirlpool Galaxy) has prominent and well defined spiral arms, whereas a flocculent galaxy (like Sunflower Galaxy) has short segments of spiral structure, "fluffy" in appearance, but without the dramatic well defined spiral arms of a grand design spiral.
The spiral shape of the milky way galaxy cannot be seen from earth because?
we are located within one of its spiral arms.
Which galaxy is thick in the center and has flattened arms?
A spiral galaxy or barred spiral.
How are barred spiral galaxy different from spiral galaxy?
An ordinary spiral galaxy has spiral arms coming out of the core. In a barred galaxy, the central area consists of a bar of stars and the spiral arms are attached to the ends of the bar.
How does a lenticular galaxy differ from a normal spiral galaxy?
It has no spiral arms.
What is the type of galaxy that has a nucleus of bright stars with arms that circles around it?
All types of galaxies have a core with a high star density. All galaxies with "arms" are called Spiral Galaxies, of which there are sub-types related to the shape of the arms.
Does your solar system lies in the galaxy's disk or spiral arms?
The spiral arms
What type of galaxy as curved arms?
a spiral galaxy
What galaxy has arms where lots of new stars are being born?
Our galaxy, the Milky Way, is a spiral galaxy (actually a bared spiral) and new stars are being born in the spiral arms.
Is an Sab galaxy a type of spiral galaxy?
Yes, a SBC galaxy is a type of a spiral galaxy. The have loosely bounded arms.
What is the difference between a spiral galaxy and a elliptical Galaxy?
The arms of the Spiral Galaxy are mostly located in one plane.
