Extragalactic astronomy

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401Galaxy / Spiral galaxy / Handedness / Magellanic spiral / Extragalactic astronomy / Hubble sequence / Galaxy formation and evolution / Astronomy / Space / Citizen science

Is there a statistical bias to the orientation of spiral galaxies?

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Source URL: phys.org

Language: English - Date: 2015-01-15 12:24:03
402Space / Galaxies / Local Group / Spiral galaxies / Black holes / Andromeda Galaxy / Milky Way / Abell 400 / Sagittarius A* / Astronomy / Extragalactic astronomy / Supermassive black holes

Composite image shows two black holes orbiting each other

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Source URL: phys.org

Language: English - Date: 2015-01-15 14:23:22
403Spiral galaxies / Spirals / Galactic astronomy / Unbarred spiral galaxies / Galaxy / NGC / Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies / Density wave theory / Astronomy / Space / Extragalactic astronomy

Does the galactic spiral lead the rotation of a galaxy?

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Source URL: phys.org

Language: English - Date: 2015-01-15 23:29:05
404Dwarf spheroidal galaxies / Local Group / Sculptor constellation / Spiral galaxies / Dwarf galaxy / Galaxy / Cosmic distance ladder / Globular cluster / Low surface brightness galaxy / Astronomy / Extragalactic astronomy / Physical cosmology

Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. 000, 1–5 (XXX) Printed 7 November[removed]MN LATEX style file v2.2)

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Source URL: arxiv.org

Language: English - Date: 2014-11-06 20:26:34
405Space / Ultraluminous X-ray source / Spiral galaxies / Extragalactic astronomy / Galaxy / Milky Way / Interacting galaxy / NGC / Galaxy formation and evolution / Astronomy / X-ray astronomy / Barred spiral galaxies

Galactic Get Together Has An Impressive Light Display At this time of year, people all over the world are celebrating this festive season with beautiful light displays. This new image of two colliding galaxies is a cosm

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Source URL: unawe.org

Language: English - Date: 2014-12-11 11:36:11
406Galaxies / Supermassive black holes / Milky Way / Elliptical galaxy / Active galactic nucleus / Black hole / Abell 400 / American Astronomical Society 215th meeting / Astronomy / Extragalactic astronomy / Space

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Source URL: chandra.harvard.edu

Language: English - Date: 2014-11-25 12:09:38
407Spiral galaxies / Lenticular galaxies / Intermediate spiral galaxies / Low-ionization nuclear emission-line region / NGC objects / NGC / Astronomy / Extragalactic astronomy / Peculiar galaxies

NGC 4736 NGC 4736 is a spiral galaxy that is unusual because it has two ring structures. This galaxy is classified as containing a “low ionization nuclear emission region,” or LINER, in its

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Source URL: chandra.harvard.edu

Language: English - Date: 2014-11-25 12:11:29
408Galaxies / Supermassive black holes / Milky Way / Elliptical galaxy / Active galactic nucleus / Black hole / Abell 400 / American Astronomical Society 215th meeting / Astronomy / Extragalactic astronomy / Space

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Source URL: chandra.harvard.edu

Language: English - Date: 2014-11-25 12:09:16
409Galaxies / Supermassive black holes / Milky Way / Elliptical galaxy / Active galactic nucleus / Black hole / Abell 400 / American Astronomical Society 215th meeting / Astronomy / Extragalactic astronomy / Space

Hercules A Some galaxies have extremely bright cores, suggesting that they contain a supermassive black hole that is pulling in matter at a

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Source URL: chandra.harvard.edu

Language: English - Date: 2014-11-25 12:11:36
410Spiral galaxies / Lenticular galaxies / Intermediate spiral galaxies / Low-ionization nuclear emission-line region / NGC objects / NGC / Astronomy / Extragalactic astronomy / Peculiar galaxies

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Source URL: chandra.harvard.edu

Language: English - Date: 2014-11-25 12:09:08
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