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Galaxies

Galaxies are large systems of stars and interstellar matter, and they contain billions of stars. Our own galaxy, the Milky Way, has 200 to 400 billion stars, and there are over one billion known galaxies. Questions that have to do with galaxies in general and specific galaxies are perfect for this category!

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What is a peculiar galaxy?

A peculiar galaxy is unusual in its shape, size, or composition.

They are formed as a result of interactions between galaxies and the massive gravitation forces, twist them into unusual shapes.

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Why are stars so far away?

i think stars are so far because there in space

Why are the galaxies divided into three major types?

Galaxy morphological classification is a system used by astronomers to divide galaxies into groups based on their visual appearance.

Hubble sequence is a morphological classification scheme for galaxies invented by Edwin Hubble in 1936.

he divided the galaxies into 1) elliptical galaxies

2)Spiral galaxies

3)Lenticular galaxies

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What are some ways in which galaxies differ?

habitats can differ temperture,moisture,and many other ways.

Does the Milky Way Galaxy have an active galactic nucleus?

Our Milky Way has a supermassive black hole at its nucleus. It is an active radio source. It is probably not a Seyfert galaxy, which is a galaxy of a type characterized by a bright compact core that shows strong infrared emission, though.

What Describes a galaxy that has no discernable shape or structure?

A galaxy that has no discernable shape or structure is typically referred to as irregular. Irregular galaxies do not have a distinct spiral or elliptical shape, and can exhibit a chaotic, disorganized appearance. These galaxies often contain young stars and a mix of gas and dust.

What is different about a dwarf galaxy compared to the Milky Way?

A universe is a area in space that contains many galaxies and a galaxy is a group of stars of 100 billion or more. Finally a solar system is a sun/star that has an orbit (gravitational pull) and has planets or other matter orbiting it.

What will the last galaxy in the universe be?

It is impossible to know for certain, it likely doesn't even exist yet as galaxies continuously form, merge and are torn apart.

What is thev connection between universestar and galaxy?

The universe comprises all matter in space. This includes a very large number (200 billion to 2 trillion) galaxies. Each galaxy comprises a very large number of stars: our contains 100 thousand million stars.

Is the orbital plane of your solar system parallel to the rotation of the milky way galaxy?

The orbital plane of a stellar system can be oriented in any way in relation to the plane of the Milky Way Galaxy. Our solar system, for example, is almost perpendicular to the plane of the Milky Way Galaxy.

Will the Milky Way's black hole eventually eat the entire galaxy?

Hypothetically Yes - That is one considered scenario for the termination of our universe. Eventually as a solar system nears a black hole, any planets within the solar system would be crushed and compacted, like so much garbage, and become part of the accretion disk - long before it eventually disappears across the threshold of the black hole's event horizon.

Why can't astronomers study the central regions of the Milky Way Galaxy using optical visible-light telescopes?

That's because they wouldn't see anything. There is too much dust interfering with light in that region.

What other planets is bigger than the Milky Way?

There are no planets larger than the Milky Way galaxy. The Milky Way is a galaxy containing billions of stars, planets, and other celestial objects. It is much larger than any individual planet in our solar system.

How did astronomers discover that the star Sirius was moving away from earth?

They craped in the toilet and Looked up in the sky and said sh!t Sirius is moving away from earth.

What does the blue shift mean in regard to stars and galaxies?

Light is a spectrum. On one end it is red and the other blue. We see light in this spectrum as waves and if it is blue, the object is coming toward us. If the waves are red than it is moving away. The frequency of these waves tell us how fast and object is moving toward or away from us.

The milky way is classified as an blank galaxy?

The Milky Way doesn't really rotate around anything. Our home galaxy and nearby Andromeda are pretty much at the center of what is called a local group of gravitationally bound galaxies. As such, it is unsupportable to say that the Milky Way rotates around anything else.