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How many times bigger is the elliptical galaxy Messier 87 than the Milky Way?
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Is the Milky Way Galaxy an Elliptical galaxy?
No. The Milky Way is believed to be a barred spiral galaxy.
Is the Milky Way an elilptical galaxy?
The Milky Way galaxy is a spiral, not elliptical, galaxy.
What is thought to be the fate of the milky way?
andromeda and milky way galaxy will collide and become a elliptical galaxy.
Is it true that most galaxies are elliptical?
Messier 32 is a dwarf elliptical galaxy about 2.65 million light years away in the constellation AndromedaMaffei 1 is a giant elliptical galaxy in the constellation about 10 billion light years away in the constellation Cassiopeia. It is the closest giant elliptical galaxy to the Milky Way
Is the Milky Way bigger than your galaxy?
No. The Milky Way is our Galaxy.
How is earth related to elliptical galaxies?
It isn't. Earth is in the Milky Way Galaxy - a spiral galaxy.
What is the Sagittarius dwarf galaxy?
There are two galaxies refereed to as the Sagittarius dwarf galaxy.Sagittarius dwarf Elliptically galaxy: is an elliptical loop shaped satellite galaxy of the Milky Way Galaxy.Sagittarius dwarf Irregular Galaxy: Lies about 3.4 million light-years away and is not within the Milky Way Galaxy.
How big is the M83 galaxy?
Messier 83 (M83) is about 55,500 light years across. About half the size of the Milky Way Galaxy.
Is the galaxy in which Earth is located classified as elliptical?
What terms describes the Milky Ways classification irregular galaxy spherical galaxy spiral galaxy elliptical galaxy?
Spiral Galaxy. Your Welcome =)
Is there any galaxy that is bigger than Andromeda galaxy?
Yes.The only ones I know is IC 1101 and Messier 87.The Andromeda galaxy is twice the size of our Milky Way.The Andromeda is 260,000 light years across,while the Milky Way is 100,000 light years across.A light year is 5,878,499,812,499 miles.
Is the Milky Way known as the Pinwheel arm?
Milky Way and Pinwheel (Messier 101, M101) are two known galaxies. The galaxy that includes the Solar System is the Milky way.
