 | and luminous host galaxy (also known as the primary galaxy). Satellite galaxies and their constituents are bound to their host galaxy, in the same way... 33 KB (4,492 words) - 04:48, 8 April 2024 |
twentieth that of the Milky Way. Satellite galaxies that orbit from 1,000 ly (310 pc) of the edge of the disc of the Milky Way Galaxy to the edge of the dark matter... 22 KB (1,613 words) - 00:05, 24 April 2024 |
The Galaxy series is a family of communications satellites originally developed and operated by Hughes Communications. It has since merged with PanAmSat... 10 KB (145 words) - 23:18, 25 April 2024 |
 | The Andromeda Galaxy is a barred spiral galaxy and is the nearest major galaxy to the Milky Way. It was originally named the Andromeda Nebula and is cataloged... 108 KB (10,637 words) - 06:11, 13 May 2024 |
 | Milky Way (redirect from Milky Way galaxy) light-years (613 kpc). The Milky Way has several satellite galaxies and is part of the Local Group of galaxies, which form part of the Virgo Supercluster,... 210 KB (20,998 words) - 04:08, 7 May 2024 |
(2018). "Pristine dwarf galaxy survey – I. A detailed photometric and spectroscopic study of the very metal-poor Draco II satellite". Monthly Notices of... 131 KB (6,598 words) - 19:40, 3 May 2024 |
 | A dwarf galaxy is a small galaxy composed of about 1000 up to several billion stars, as compared to the Milky Way's 200–400 billion stars. The Large Magellanic... 24 KB (2,395 words) - 06:33, 27 February 2024 |
 | Spheroidal Galaxy (Sgr dSph), also known as the Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy (Sgr dE or Sag DEG), is an elliptical loop-shaped satellite galaxy of the... 19 KB (2,074 words) - 16:54, 13 April 2024 |
 | satellite galaxy disturbing the primary galaxy's spiral arms. An example of a major interaction is a galactic collision, which may lead to a galaxy merger... 15 KB (1,272 words) - 20:33, 25 April 2024 |
 | Local Group (redirect from Local Galaxy Group) 1012 solar masses each. Each has its own system of satellite galaxies: The Andromeda Galaxy's satellite system consists of Messier 32 (M32), Messier 110... 43 KB (2,404 words) - 15:54, 2 May 2024 |
 | The Andromeda Galaxy (M31) has satellite galaxies just like the Milky Way. Orbiting M31 are at least 13 dwarf galaxies: the brightest and largest is M110... 16 KB (997 words) - 00:05, 24 April 2024 |
 | of galaxies and is thought to be one of the most distant satellites of the Milky Way galaxy. It was discovered in 1950 by Albert George Wilson on photographic... 8 KB (891 words) - 22:23, 2 December 2023 |
 | Galactic tide (category Interacting galaxies) galactic tides include galactic collisions, the disruption of dwarf or satellite galaxies, and the Milky Way's tidal effect on the Oort cloud of the Solar System... 11 KB (1,518 words) - 22:05, 11 September 2023 |
 | single giant elliptical galaxy, known as the brightest cluster galaxy, which, over time, tidally destroys its satellite galaxies and adds their mass to... 164 KB (16,377 words) - 17:18, 27 April 2024 |
 | Eye Galaxy (also called Sleeping Beauty Galaxy or Evil Eye Galaxy and designated Messier 64, M64, or NGC 4826) is a relatively isolated spiral galaxy 17 million... 16 KB (1,179 words) - 18:50, 7 May 2024 |
 | spiral galaxy in the Local Group after the Large Magellanic Cloud, which is a Magellanic-type spiral galaxy. It is believed to be a satellite of the Andromeda... 48 KB (5,110 words) - 05:08, 26 April 2024 |
 | Messier 110 (redirect from M110 (galaxy)) a dwarf elliptical galaxy that is a satellite of the Andromeda Galaxy in the Local Group. Charles Messier never included the galaxy in his list, but it... 12 KB (1,128 words) - 00:51, 6 March 2024 |
Galaxy X is a postulated dark satellite dwarf galaxy of the Milky Way Galaxy. If it exists, it would be composed mostly of dark matter and interstellar... 8 KB (775 words) - 01:37, 14 January 2024 |
 | Galaxy 15 is an American telecommunications satellite which is owned by Intelsat. It was launched for and originally operated by PanAmSat, and was subsequently... 25 KB (2,603 words) - 21:22, 11 May 2024 |
 | Large Magellanic Cloud (redirect from Magellan galaxy) The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is a dwarf galaxy and satellite galaxy of the Milky Way. At a distance of around 50 kiloparsecs (163,000 light-years)... 33 KB (3,563 words) - 01:01, 7 May 2024 |
following is a list of notable galaxies. There are about 51 galaxies in the Local Group (see list of nearest galaxies for a complete list), on the order... 116 KB (6,199 words) - 00:08, 24 April 2024 |
 | spheroidal galaxy about 2.7 million light-years away in the constellation Pegasus. The Pegasus Dwarf is a member of the Local Group and a satellite galaxy of... 6 KB (439 words) - 20:15, 28 June 2023 |
 | artificial satellites of Earth have been placed in a prograde orbit, because in this situation less propellant is required to reach the orbit. When a galaxy or... 40 KB (4,640 words) - 20:29, 3 March 2024 |
 | List of spiral galaxies List of polar-ring galaxies List of ring galaxies List of quasars Satellite galaxies List of satellite galaxies of the Milky Way... 7 KB (519 words) - 19:54, 20 February 2024 |
 | Messier 32 (redirect from Elliptical Galaxy M32) "early-type" galaxy about 2,650,000 light-years (810,000 pc) from the Solar System, appearing in the constellation Andromeda. M32 is a satellite galaxy of the... 20 KB (1,960 words) - 21:44, 12 April 2024 |
Ursa Major III (category Galaxy stubs) Ursa Major III (UMa III) is a dwarf satellite galaxy of the Milky Way, the smallest and faintest ever discovered. It was found by the deep, wide field... 4 KB (356 words) - 00:07, 24 April 2024 |
 | Carina Dwarf Spheroidal galaxy is a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way and is receding from it at 230 km/s. The diameter of the galaxy is about 1600 light-years... 6 KB (461 words) - 23:44, 23 April 2024 |
Dwarf Galaxy may refer to: The Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy (also known as the Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy), a satellite galaxy of the... 284 bytes (71 words) - 11:33, 3 December 2020 |
Sextans Dwarf Spheroidal (redirect from Sextans Dwarf Galaxy) Dwarf Spheroidal is a dwarf spheroidal galaxy that was discovered in 1990 by Mike Irwin as the 8th satellite of the Milky Way, located in the constellation... 4 KB (320 words) - 05:35, 29 June 2023 |
 | be confused with the Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy, SagDEG, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way discovered decades later in the same constellation... 5 KB (409 words) - 05:41, 27 February 2024 |