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    Galaxy morphological classification is a system used by astronomers to divide galaxies into groups based on their visual appearance. There are several...
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  • Galaxy classification is classification by means of and for the discipline of astronomy. galaxy morphological classification galaxy AGN classification...
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    the galaxy morphological classification scheme. A nearby example of an unbarred spiral is the Triangulum Galaxy. Barless spiral galaxies are one of three...
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    lenticular galaxy (denoted S0) is a type of galaxy intermediate between an elliptical (denoted E) and a spiral galaxy in galaxy morphological classification schemes...
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    Blueberry galaxy – Small and very active galaxies. Dwarf galaxy Dwarf elliptical galaxy Peculiar galaxy Galaxy morphological classification Butz, Stephen...
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    The Hubble sequence is a morphological classification scheme for galaxies published by Edwin Hubble in 1926. It is often colloquially known as the Hubble...
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    an unbarred spiral galaxy. It is designated as SAB in the galaxy morphological classification system devised by Gerard de Vaucouleurs. Subtypes are labeled...
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  • objects distance using only visual aspects Galaxy type and spectral comparison: see galaxy morphological classification Luminosity comparison: LS, L☉ - luminosity...
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  • the MK system for the classification of stars through their spectra. He also developed several galaxy morphological classification systems, including the...
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    dE galaxies were once spiral galaxies. Dwarf galaxy Dwarf spheroidal galaxy Dwarf spiral galaxy Elliptical galaxy Galaxy morphological classification Irregular...
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    The type-cD galaxy (also cD-type galaxy, cD galaxy) is a galaxy morphology classification, a subtype of type-D giant elliptical galaxy. Characterized by...
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    SBb galaxies lie in between. SBm describes somewhat irregular barred spirals. SB0 is a barred lenticular galaxy. Galaxy morphological classification Galaxy...
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    Willman 1 Dwarf galaxy UGC 685 taken by Hubble. Blueberry galaxy - Small and very active galaxies. Galaxy morphological classification – System for categorizing...
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    galaxies) Galaxy color–magnitude diagram Galaxy morphological classification Hubble sequence Lenticular galaxy Osipkov–Merritt model Sersic profile Hubble...
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  • known galaxy, estimated to have a light travel distance of 13.2 billion light-years away. List of galaxies Lists of galaxies Galaxy morphological classification...
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    Messier 87 (redirect from Virgo A Galaxy)
    Hubble sequence galaxy morphological classification scheme of the French astronomer Gérard de Vaucouleurs, M87 is categorized as an E0p galaxy. "E0" designates...
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    of galaxy morphological classification, the Triangulum Galaxy is classified as type SA(s)cd. The S prefix indicates that it is a disk-shaped galaxy with...
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    NGC 4625 NGC 5713 NGC 5204 NGC 2552 Galaxy morphological classification Linda S. Sparke, John Sill Gallagher, Galaxies in the Universe: An Introduction,...
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    Galaxy Zoo is a crowdsourced astronomy project which invites people to assist in the morphological classification of large numbers of galaxies. It is an...
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    (Catalogue of Galaxies and of Clusters of Galaxies), the MCG (Morphological Catalogue of Galaxies), the UGC (Uppsala General Catalogue of Galaxies), and the...
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  • scientific classification system Virus classification, naming and sorting viruses Galaxy morphological classification Stellar classification Categorization...
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  • An active galactic nucleus (AGN) is a compact region at the center of a galaxy that emits a significant amount of energy across the electromagnetic spectrum...
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  • galaxy morphological classification used by astronomers to describe galaxy structure. Astronomy portal Lists of astronomical objects List of galaxies...
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  • University of Chicago Yerkes luminosity classification of stars Yerkes scheme of galaxy morphological classification Yerkes National Primate Research Center...
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    NGC 5204 (category Unbarred spiral galaxies)
    a galaxy morphological classification of SA(s)m and is highly irregular, with only the barest indication of any spiral arm structure. The galaxy's most...
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    NGC 125 (category Lenticular galaxies)
    a lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Pisces. It is designated as subclass Sa Ring in the galaxy morphological classification scheme. It lies...
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  • the light distribution of galaxies, as a way to avoid having to use visual estimates of galaxy morphological classification. They have also been used...
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    Spiral arm (category Spiral galaxies)
    one of the criteria for galaxy morphological classification. For example, in Hubble's classification scheme, spiral galaxies are divided into types Sa...
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  • Bautz–Morgan classification was developed in 1970 by Laura P. Bautz and William Wilson Morgan to categorize galaxy clusters based on their morphology. It defines...
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    NGC 6207 (category Spiral galaxy stubs)
    6207 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation Hercules. It is designated as SA(s)c in the galaxy morphological classification scheme and was discovered...
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