List of galaxies facts for kids
List of galaxies and galaxy clusters.
Named galaxies
This is a list of galaxies that are well known by something other than an entry in a catalog or list, or a set of coordinates, or a systematic designation.
Image | Galaxy | Constellation | Origin of name | Notes |
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Andromeda | Andromeda | Andromeda, which is shortened from "Andromeda Galaxy", gets its name from the area of the sky in which it appears, the constellation of Andromeda. | Andromeda is the closest big galaxy to the Milky Way and is expected to collide with the Milky Way around 4 billion years from now. The two will eventually merge into a single new galaxy called Milkomeda. | |
Black Eye Galaxy | Coma Berenices | It has a spectacular dark band of absorbing dust in front of the galaxy's bright nucleus, giving rise to its nicknames of the "Black Eye" or "Evil Eye" galaxy. | ||
Bode's Galaxy | Ursa Major | Named for Johann Elert Bode who discovered this galaxy in 1774. | ||
Cartwheel Galaxy | Sculptor | Its visual appearance is similar to that of a spoked cartwheel. | ||
Cigar Galaxy | Ursa Major | Appears similar in shape to a cigar. | ||
Comet Galaxy | Sculptor | This galaxy is named after its unusual appearance, looking like a comet. | The comet effect is caused by tidal stripping by its galaxy cluster, Abell 2667. | |
Cosmos Redshift 7 | Sextans | The name of this galaxy is based on a redshift (z) measurement of nearly 7 (actually, z = 6.604). | Galaxy Cosmos Redshift 7 is reported to be the brightest of distant galaxies (z > 6) and to contain some of the earliest first stars (first generation; Population III) that produced the chemical elements needed for the later formation of planets and life as we know it. | |
Hoag's Object | Serpens Caput | This is named after Art Hoag, who discovered this ring galaxy. | It is of the subtype Hoag-type galaxy, and may in fact be a polar-ring galaxy with the ring in the plane of rotation of the central object. | |
Large Magellanic Cloud | Dorado/Mensa | Named after Ferdinand Magellan | This is the fourth largest galaxy in the Local Group, and forms a pair with the SMC, and from recent research, may not be part of the Milky Way system of satellites at all. | |
Small Magellanic Cloud | Tucana | Named after Ferdinand Magellan | This forms a pair with the LMC, and from recent research, may not be part of the Milky Way system of satellites at all. | |
Mayall's Object | Ursa Major | This is named after Nicholas Mayall, of the Lick Observatory, who discovered it. | Also called VV 32 and Arp 148, this is a very peculiar looking object, and is likely to be not one galaxy, but two galaxies undergoing a collision. Event in images is a spindle shape and a ring shape. | |
Milky Way | Sagittarius (centre) | The appearance from Earth of the galaxy – a band of light. | The galaxy containing the Sun and its Solar System, and therefore Earth. | |
Pinwheel Galaxy | Ursa Major | Similar in appearance to a pinwheel (toy). | ||
Sombrero Galaxy | Virgo | Similar in appearance to a sombrero. | ||
Sunflower Galaxy | Canes Venatici | Similar in appearance to a sunflower. | ||
Tadpole Galaxy | Draco | The name comes from the resemblance of the galaxy to a tadpole. | This shape resulted from tidal interaction that drew out a long tidal tail. | |
Whirlpool Galaxy | Canes Venatici | From the whirlpool appearance this gravitationally disturbed galaxy exhibits. |
- Abell 1835 IR1916
- Abell 2142
- Andromeda galaxy (M31)
- Andromeda I
- Andromeda II
- Andromeda III
- Andromeda XIX
- Baby boom galaxy
- Barnards galaxy (NGC 6822)
- Black Eye galaxy (M64)
- Bode's galaxy (M81)
- Canis Major dwarf galaxy
- Cartwheel galaxy
- Centaurus A galaxy (NGC 5128)
- Circinus galaxy
- Cigar galaxy (M82)
- GN-z11 (Farthest-known and oldest-known galaxy)
- Hoag's object (a ring galaxy)
- IC 10
- IC 1101 largest known galaxy
- IC 1613
- Large Magellanic Cloud
- Leo I
- Leo II
- LGS 3
- Messier 49 (NGC 4472)
- Messier 83 Southern Pinwheel galaxy
- Messier 84 (NGC 4374)
- Messier 87 (NGC 4486)
- Messier 100 (NGC 4321)
- Milky Way – home galaxy of the Solar system
- Magellanic Clouds
- NGC185
- NGC147
- NGC 205 (M110)
- NGS 221 (M32)
- NGC 4526
- NGC 6822
- Pinwheel galaxy (M101)
- Small Magellanic Cloud
- Sombrero galaxy (M104)
- Spindle galaxy (M102)
- Starfish galaxy
- Sunflower galaxy (M63)
- Triangulum galaxy (M33)
- UDFy-38135539 (HUDF.YD3) Furthest known object ever seen
- Whirlpool galaxy (M51)
- Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte (WLM)
Related pages
- List of nearest galaxies
- Most distant things
- Local Group
- IC 1101: the largest known galaxy, with about 100 trillion stars.
Images for kids
See also
In Spanish: Anexo:Galaxias para niños
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