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Edwin Hubble Classified the Galaxy different categories depending upon its visual appearance.

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About 60 percent of all known galaxies are classified as?

About 60% of galaxies are classified as elliptical planets.


What are galaxies classified as?

Galaxies are classified based on their shape and structure. The main types of galaxies are spiral, elliptical, and irregular. Spiral galaxies have distinct arms of stars, elliptical galaxies are more oval-shaped with older stars, and irregular galaxies have a less defined shape.


What do you call scientist who classified galaxies?

Astronomer.


A galaxy that has an undefined shaped is best classified as?

There are four types of galaxies in the universe . A galaxy that has an undefined shaped is best classified as an irregular galaxy. 10% of galaxies are classified this way.


Galaxies are classed according to their?

Galaxies are classified according to their shape and structure, such as spiral, elliptical, and irregular. Additionally, galaxies can also be classified based on their size, luminosity, and proximity to Earth.


What other kind of galaxies are there?

Galaxies are classified by their shape and size. The main kinds are ellipticals, spirals, irregular and dwarfs.


How many galaxies classified and approximately how many are there in the universe?

60000


What are galaxies generally classified by?

By classified do you mean genre then it is outer space,planets,stars,suns,moons etc. :}


Who classified galaxies according to three distinct patterns?

Edwin Hubble


Edwin Hubble categorized galaxies according to their?

Shape, or morph. The spiral galaxies, elliptical galaxies, lenticular, barred spiral, and irregular galaxies all are different shapes or morphs of galaxies, and so they are classified differently.


Galaxies are classified by their shape what are they called?

There are three types of galaxies, all of which are the same, with the exception of their shapes. There are the Elliptical galaxies (football-shaped) the Spiral galaxies (like the Milky way; vortex-shaped) and Irregular galaxies (all shapes other than spiral and football shaped).


What are three sizes for galaxies?

Galaxies can be classified into three main sizes: dwarf galaxies, which are small and contain less than a few billion stars; Milky Way-sized galaxies, which are intermediate in size and contain a few hundred billion stars; and giant galaxies, which are massive and can contain trillions of stars.