The current galaxy classification is based on.
* The Hubble sequence is a morphological classification scheme
for galaxies invented by Edwin Hubble in 1936 * The de Vaucouleurs
system for classifying galaxies is a widely used extension to the
Hubble sequence, first described by Gérard de Vaucouleurs in 1959.
* The Yerkes (or Morgan) scheme uses the spectra of stars in the
galaxy