- normal spiral galaxy
- обычная спиральная галактика
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English-russian astronautics dictionary. - M.: Military Publishing house. Compiled by F. P. Suprun, K. V. Shirokov. 1964.
galaxy — /gal euhk see/, n., pl. galaxies. 1. Astron. a. a large system of stars held together by mutual gravitation and isolated from similar systems by vast regions of space. b. (usually cap.) See Milky Way. 2. any large and brilliant or impressive… … Universalium
Galaxy — This article is about the astronomical structure. For other uses, see Galaxy (disambiguation). NGC 4414, a typical spiral galaxy in the constellation Coma Berenices, is about 55,000 light years in diameter and approximately 60 million light… … Wikipedia
Galaxy morphological classification — Artist s concept illustrating bulge no bulge spiral galaxies. Galaxy morphological classification is a system used by astronomers to divide galaxies into groups based on their visual appearance. There are several schemes in use by which galaxies… … Wikipedia
Andromeda Galaxy — The Andromeda Galax … Wikipedia
Black Eye Galaxy — Black Eye Galaxy[1] The Black Eye Galaxy (M64) Observation data Epoch J2000 Constellation … Wikipedia
Milky Way Galaxy — Large spiral galaxy (roughly 150,000 light years in diameter) that contains Earth s solar system. It includes the multitude of stars whose light is seen as the Milky Way, the irregular luminous band that encircles the sky defining the plane of… … Universalium
Dark galaxy — A dark galaxy is a hypothetical galaxy composed of dark matter.[1] Dark galaxies receive their name because they have no detectable stars and are theoretically invisible. An influential community of scientists conjecture the existence of dark… … Wikipedia
Interacting galaxy — NGC 3169 (left) and NGC 3166 (right) display some curious features, demonstrating that each member of the duo is close enough to feel the distorting gravitational influence of the other. Iimage from the Wide Field Imager on the MPG/ESO 2.2 metre… … Wikipedia
Elliptical galaxy — An elliptical galaxy is a galaxy belonging to one of the three main classes of galaxy originally described by Edwin Hubble (whose name was dedicated to the famous Hubble space telescope) in his 1936 work “The Realm of the Nebulae” [cite book… … Wikipedia
Low surface brightness galaxy — A low surface brightness galaxy or LSB galaxy is a diffuse galaxy with a surface brightness that, when viewed from Earth, is at least one magnitude lower than the ambient night sky.Most LSBs are dwarf galaxies, in which most of their baryonic… … Wikipedia
Places in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy — Hitchhiker s portal This is a list of places featured in Douglas Adams s science fiction series, The Hitchhiker s Guide to the Galaxy. The series is set in a fictionalised version of the Milky Way galaxy and thus, while most locations are pure… … Wikipedia