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The Cigar Galaxy, also known as NGC 4565, is a spiral galaxy viewed edge-on, giving it a long, narrow appearance reminiscent of a cigar. Its shape highlights a prominent dust lane that runs along its central bulge, emphasizing its spiral structure. This orientation makes it a popular subject for astronomers studying galactic morphology.
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What galaxy is 12 million light years from Earth?
The Cigar Galaxy (M82 galaxy).
What galaxies are 12 million light years from Earth?
Bode's Galaxy (M81 galaxy) and the Cigar Galaxy (M82 galaxy).
Which planets are in the cigar galaxy?
There are no known planets in any galaxy other than our own. While it is doubtless that other galaxies, including the cigar galaxy, contain planets they are much too far away fur us to detect them.
How fast is the cigar galaxy moving?
Relative to what? From the Milky Way Galaxy it is receding at about 203 km/s
What is a Galaxy called that has a shape?
It depends what shape the galaxy has.
An eliptical is what type of shape?
An eliptical refers to a galaxy. Their shapes are different depending on their size. They can be circular, spherical, long, cigar shaped, fat, skinny and narrow. Elipticals can also have a large array of sizes.
What shape does Cuba look like?
crooked cigar
What is the shape of the galaxy you live on?
The shape of the Milky Way (our galaxy) is the shape of a spiral.
What galaxy is an irregular galaxy?
An Irregular Galaxy is a galaxy that has no shape or form as defined by the classes of the "Hubble sequence" An Amorphous galaxy is a galaxy that has neither spiral nor elliptical in shape as defined by "The Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies". See related links for pictorial representation
What galaxy has no regular shape?
irregular galaxy
What shape does an spiral galaxy have?
First of all, it's a spiral galaxy, not an spiral galaxy. Second, a spiral galaxy would have a spiral shape, obviously.
What is the type of our galaxy?
Our galaxy is a spiral galaxy because it is spiral in shape.
