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Oh honey, astronomers like to keep it simple. They group galaxies into three types based on their shapes: spiral galaxies with sexy arms, elliptical galaxies looking round and stuffed, and irregular galaxies - well, you know, irregular. Astronomers will be astronomers, always categorizing everything in the universe like it's IKEA furniture.

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How is it possible that galaxies in your local group still remain to be discovered?

Galaxies in the local group can still be discovered because they may be small, dim, or obscured by dust, making them harder to detect. Additionally, new technologies and techniques are constantly being developed, which may lead to the discovery of previously unknown galaxies.


What is earth's supercluster?

The Earth is located within a supercluster called the Laniakea Supercluster. It is a vast system of galaxies that includes our Milky Way galaxy and thousands of others, bound together by gravity. The Laniakea Supercluster was defined in 2014 by astronomers studying the motions of galaxies in the universe.


What hold the local group together?

Gravity holds the local group of galaxies together.


The Andromeda Galaxy is a member of the?

The Andromeda Galaxy is a member of the Local Group, which is a small cluster of galaxies that includes our Milky Way galaxy and a few dozen other smaller galaxies. The Local Group is part of the Virgo Supercluster, which is a larger structure of galaxies in the universe.


What is the name for a group of stars bound together by gravity?

Our local group of galaxies is bound by gravity, although the large and small magellanic clouds nearby are moving fast enough they are probably just passing through. Our entire local group is also moving towards another big group of galaxies known as "the Great Attractor," which itself is bound by gravity. There are numerous clusters of galaxies bound by gravity throughout the hundred billion galaxies in our universe.

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What kind of cluster is a tight group of older stars in the halo of spiral galaxies called?

I think you are describing a "globular cluster", which are associated with older stars by most astronomers.


Is a local group a group of galaxies?

Yes. Our local group of galaxies is made up of 3 larger galaxies (milky-way, Andromeda and M33) and several smaller or dwarf galaxies.


Your galaxy is a part of a group What is the name of the group and the two galaxies in it?

The local group of galaxies that include our Milky Way is called the "Local Group".The local group of galaxies that include our Milky Way is called the "Local Group".The local group of galaxies that include our Milky Way is called the "Local Group".The local group of galaxies that include our Milky Way is called the "Local Group".


What is the name for a group of galaxies?

A group of galaxies is called a galaxy cluster or galaxy group.


How do you use Local Group in a sentence?

We are part of the Local Group. The Local Group contains the Milky Way, two other major galaxies, and dozens of dwarf galaxies. The Local Groups is a group of galaxies which, as galaxies go, are close to us.


A what is agroup of galaxies?

A group of galaxies is called a cluster.


How is it possible that galaxies in your local group still remain to be discovered?

Galaxies in the local group can still be discovered because they may be small, dim, or obscured by dust, making them harder to detect. Additionally, new technologies and techniques are constantly being developed, which may lead to the discovery of previously unknown galaxies.


What is earth's supercluster?

The Earth is located within a supercluster called the Laniakea Supercluster. It is a vast system of galaxies that includes our Milky Way galaxy and thousands of others, bound together by gravity. The Laniakea Supercluster was defined in 2014 by astronomers studying the motions of galaxies in the universe.


What is it called when a group of scientists group objects together according to their characteristics?

classification.


What term means to group items according to certain characteristics?

Classify


What means to group items according to certain characteristics?

Classify


The local group contains mainly spiral galaxies?

No. It has only 3 big spiral galaxies, but dozens of dwarf galaxies.