Galaxies By: Kayla Kogod
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Galaxies
By: Kayla Kogod
There Are Many Different Types Of Galaxies
Many Different Shapes and Sizes…
Irregular
Irregular
• They are basically all the left overs of galaxies• You will have some substantial quantities in
some Irregular galaxies.
Elliptical
Elliptical
• Ellipticals have low to zero rotation rates • The stars in Ellipticals have a wide variety of
orbits • Ellipticals are kind of like bulge with no disk.• The can go from spherical shaped to
elongated shaped to football like shaped.
Spirals
Spiral
• Spirals have relatively high rotation rates.• The stars have orbits that lie in the plane of
the disk.• The Milky Way is a Spiral Galaxy.• The earth is located in the Milky Way.
Bibliography
• http://ircamera.as.arizona.edu/NatSci102/NatSci102/lectures/galaxytypes.htm
• http://hubblesite.org/gallery/album/entire/pr2007041a/web/
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