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What is a galaxy shaped like a wheel and has arms look like?
A spiral, I think.
What type of galaxy as curved arms?
a spiral galaxy
Where in the galaxy is earth found?
Our Milky Way galaxy has a center that is thick with stars, and then a number of spiral arms like curved octopus arms. Earth is located about 3/4 of the way out on one of these arms.
What in space looks like a spinning wheel with long arms?
A spiral galaxy.
What is a galaxy that is shaped like lens and has no arms?
Elliptical galaxies, Lenticular galaxies and Irregular galaxies.
What is the milky way shaped like?
The milky way galaxy is a barred spiral shaped galaxy.
What are the three basic parts of your galaxy?
Bar shaped core region (Galactic centre) Spiral Arms Halo
What galaxy looks like a spiral galaxy?
It looks similar to a toy pinwheel, with concentrations of stars along curved arms that would be the vanes of the pinwheel. (see the related image link below)
Is the milky way considered a clump of stars?
No. It is a disk-shaped galaxy, like a pinwheel, with several curved radial arms and a large mass at the center. The closest thing to a "clump" of stars are the so-called "globular clusters" which are more spherical in organization than other common galaxies.
What is the makeup of a spiral galaxy?
A galaxy that looks like a giant pinwheel spinning through the void of space; has a central nucleus that resembles a flattened ball, to which are attached long, curved arms, and contains large amounts of gas and dust.
What kind of galaxy has arms of gas and dust?
Elliptical galaxies.
What is the name of a galaxy with winding arms called?
A spiral galaxy.
