Sentences with phrase «irregular galaxy»

The dwarf irregular galaxies may be from cloud fragments that did not get incorporated into larger galaxies.

An astronomer studying small irregular galaxies discovered a remarkable feature in one galaxy that may provide key clues to understanding how galaxies form and the relationship between the gas and the stars within galaxies.

It is immediately obvious that there are very few spiral galaxies, and no bright irregular galaxies.

NGC 55 is a bright, edge - on, irregular galaxy with a lot of new star formation.

Not only does it hint at the universe's unexpected richness, but that abundance suggests that small, irregular galaxies merge to form the larger ones more familiar in our cosmic neighborhood.

The Large and Small Magellanic Clouds are examples of nearby irregular galaxies.

Two dwarf irregular galaxies known as the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) and the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC).

Studies of a dwarf irregular galaxy like IC 10 therefore give astronomers new insights about how stars formed in the distant past.

NGC 1560 (left) is a spiral or irregular galaxy viewed edge - on.

NGC 3447 (right) is a large irregular galaxy.

The smaller irregular galaxy which can be seen to the left of it is NGC 3447A.

NGC 5253 (left) is a small spiral / irregular galaxy near M83.

Chemical Evolution Models for spiral and irregular galaxies Mercedes Mollá 2013 February 21, 13:30 IA / U.

The Magellanic Clouds are small irregular galaxies orbiting our own larger Milky Way spiral galaxy.

Below - three dwarf irregular galaxies in the Maffei group.

Features more fitting with a dwarf irregular galaxy.

Irregular galaxies are usually rich in interstellar matter, such as dust and gas.

«The existence of quiescent, extended gaseous disks around a handful of dwarf irregular galaxies is puzzling.»

u «The existence of quiescent, extended gaseous disks around a handful of dwarf irregular galaxies is puzzling.»

The Large and Small Magellanic Clouds, visible in the Southern Hemisphere, are two dwarf irregular galaxies that are neighbors of the Milky Way.

Examples of irregular galaxies are the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds (two small irregulars that orbit the Milky Way).

NGC 2366 (left) is an irregular galaxy where a lot of recent star formation has occured.

Irregular galaxies have no definite structure.

NGC 4242 (right) is an irregular galaxy with a central bar and faint signs of spiral structure.

From their appearance, galaxies are classified in types as given above, as spiral, lenticular, elliptical, and irregular galaxies, where spirals may be further classified for the presence of a bar (S: spirals, SAB: Intermediate, SB: Barred spirals).

These events occur disproportionately often in dwarf irregular galaxies, which are thought to be similar to some of the earliest galaxies that populated the universe.

But dwarf irregular galaxies are likely to have formed from lightweight hydrogen and helium that remain pristine from when the universe was young.

They hope to localize more bursts to see whether they usually live in dwarf irregular galaxies, and whether they all appear alongside steady radio sources, both of which would support the newborn - magnetar theory.

NGC 3664 (centre) is an irregular galaxy with a central bar and one spiral arm.

The blue points show the spiral galaxies and irregular galaxies, they are clearly more numerous in the outer parts of the cluster.

This is very common in very rich clusters - the elliptical / lenticular galaxies are usually found in the centre, and the spiral / irregular galaxies are usually found in the outer regions.

In the dense enviroment of the Coma cluster there have probably been many galaxy mergers over billions of years, and the result is a cluster with a very low number of spiral and irregular galaxies.

While all of Messier's diffuse nebulae belong to our Milky Way galaxy, most other galaxies (especially all spiral and irregular galaxies) also contain such objects.

The Coalsack earned the nickname «Black Magellanic Cloud» in the 16th century, apparently rivalling the prominence of the Small and Large Magellanic Clouds, the two dwarf irregular galaxies that shine brightly in the skies of the Southern Hemisphere.

The Coalsack earned the nickname «Black Magellanic Cloud» in the 16th century, apparently rivalling the prominence of the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds, the two dwarf irregular galaxies that shine brightly in the skies of the Southern Hemisphere.