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List of galaxies

Index List of galaxies

The following is a list of notable galaxies. [1]

230 relations: A1689-zD1, Abell 1835 IR1916, Abell 2667, Abell 370, Absolute magnitude, Active galactic nucleus, Allan Sandage, Andromeda (constellation), Andromeda Galaxy, Andromeda I, Andromeda IX, Andromeda–Milky Way collision, Antennae Galaxies, Apparent magnitude, Arp 220, Arp 299, Arthur Hoag, Baby Boom Galaxy, BBC News, BDF-3299, BL Lacertae, BL Lacertae object, Black Eye Galaxy, Boötes, Boötes I (dwarf galaxy), Brightest cluster galaxy, BX442, Canes Venatici, Canis Major, Canis Major Overdensity, Cartwheel Galaxy, Catalogue of Galaxies and Clusters of Galaxies, Centaurus, Centaurus A, Cepheid variable, Cetus, Chemical element, Cigar, Circinus, Circinus Galaxy, CL1358+62, Coma Berenices, Comet Galaxy, Cosmos Redshift 7, Cygnus (constellation), Cygnus A, Dark galaxy, Dark matter, Dorado, Draco (constellation), ..., Earth, Edwin Hubble, EGS-zs8-1, EGSY8p7, Ejnar Hertzsprung, Epoch (astronomy), ESO 137-001, ESO 146-5, Ferdinand Magellan, Field galaxy, Galaxy, Galaxy groups and clusters, Galaxy Zoo, Globular cluster, GN-108036, GN-z11, Grand design spiral galaxy, GRB 090423, Great Debate (astronomy), HCM-6A, Helianthus, Hoag's Object, Hubble Ultra-Deep Field, Hydra (constellation), Hydra-Centaurus Supercluster, IC 4970, Illustris project, Infrared, Interstellar cloud, Intracluster medium, IOK-1, ISOHDFS 27, Johann Elert Bode, Lacerta, Large Magellanic Cloud, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, LBG-2377, Leo (constellation), Lick Observatory, Life, Light-year, List of galaxy groups and clusters, List of nearest galaxies, List of polar-ring galaxies, List of quasars, List of spiral galaxies, Lists of galaxies, Local Group, Low-surface-brightness galaxy, Luminous intensity, Lynx (constellation), Lyons Groups of Galaxies, M85-HCC1, MACS0647-JD, Magellanic Bridge, Magellanic Clouds, Magellanic Stream, Malin 1, Markarian 421, Mayall II, Mayall's Object, Megan Donahue, Mensa (constellation), Messier 102, Messier 54, Messier 77, Messier 81, Messier 82, Messier 83, Messier 87, Mice Galaxies, Milky Way, Milton L. Humason, Monoceros Ring, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Morphological Catalogue of Galaxies, NASA, National Geographic, Nebula, New General Catalogue, New Scientist, NGC 2207 and IC 2163, NGC 2770, NGC 3077, NGC 3314, NGC 4151, NGC 4555, NGC 4567 and NGC 4568, NGC 4860, NGC 5090 and NGC 5091, NGC 5195, NGC 520, NGC 584, NGC 5866, NGC 6240, NGC 6872, NGC 7318, Nicholas Mayall, Norma Cluster, Observable universe, OJ 287, Omega Centauri, Perseus (constellation), Photographic magnitude, Pinwheel (toy), Pinwheel Galaxy, Pisces (constellation), PKS 2000-330, Planet, Polar-ring galaxy, Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan, Q0906+6930, Quasar, Radio galaxy, RD1, Redshift, Ring galaxy, Rose Center for Earth and Space, Sagittarius (constellation), Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy, Science News, Sculptor (constellation), Segue 2, Serpens, Sextans, Seyfert galaxy, Sky & Telescope, Sloan Digital Sky Survey, Small Magellanic Cloud, Solar System, Sombrero, Sombrero Galaxy, Space.com, Star, Star cluster, Starburst galaxy, Students for the Exploration and Development of Space, Sun, Sunflower Galaxy, Supercluster, SXDF-NB1006-2, Tadpole, Tadpole Galaxy, The Astrophysical Journal, The New York Times, Third Cambridge Catalogue of Radio Sources, TN J0924-2201, Triangulum, Triangulum Australe, Triangulum Galaxy, Tucana, UDFj-39546284, UDFy-38135539, UGC 12591, UKIRT Infrared Deep Sky Survey, ULAS J1120+0641, United Press International, Universe Today, University of Ottawa, Ursa Major, Variable star, Vesto Slipher, Virgo (constellation), Virgo Cluster, Virgo Stellar Stream, Virgo Supercluster, Whirlpool, Whirlpool Galaxy, Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse, WISE J224607.57-052635.0, Wolfram Research, Z8 GND 5296, Zone of Avoidance, 3C 147, 3C 273, 3C 279, 3C 295, 3C 48, 4C +37.11. Expand index (180 more) »

A1689-zD1

A1689-zD1 is a galaxy in the Virgo constellation cluster.

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Abell 1835 IR1916

Abell 1835 IR1916 (also known as Abell 1835, Galaxy Abell 1835, Galaxy Abell 1835 IR1916, or simply The Abell) was a candidate for being the most distant galaxy ever observed, although that claim has not been verified by additional observations.

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Abell 2667

Abell 2667 is a galaxy cluster.

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Abell 370

Abell 370 is a galaxy cluster located approximately 4 billion light-years away from the Earth (at redshift z.

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Absolute magnitude

Absolute magnitude is a measure of the luminosity of a celestial object, on a logarithmic astronomical magnitude scale.

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Active galactic nucleus

An active galactic nucleus (AGN) is a compact region at the center of a galaxy that has a much higher than normal luminosity over at least some portion—and possibly all—of the electromagnetic spectrum, with characteristics indicating that the excess luminosity is not produced by stars.

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Allan Sandage

Allan Rex Sandage (June 18, 1926 – November 13, 2010) was an American astronomer.

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Andromeda (constellation)

Andromeda is one of the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd-century Greco-Roman astronomer Ptolemy and remains one of the 88 modern constellations.

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Andromeda Galaxy

The Andromeda Galaxy, also known as Messier 31, M31, or NGC 224, is a spiral galaxy approximately 780 kiloparsecs (2.5 million light-years) from Earth, and the nearest major galaxy to the Milky Way.

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Andromeda I

Andromeda I is a dwarf spheroidal galaxy(dSph) about 2.40 million light-years away in the constellation Andromeda.

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Andromeda IX

Andromeda IX (And 9) is a dwarf spheroidal satellite of the Andromeda Galaxy.

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Andromeda–Milky Way collision

The Andromeda–Milky Way collision is a galactic collision predicted to occur in about 4 billion years between two galaxies in the Local Group—the Milky Way (which contains the Solar System and Earth) and the Andromeda Galaxy.

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Antennae Galaxies

The Antennae Galaxies, also known as NGC 4038/NGC 4039, are a pair of interacting galaxies in the constellation Corvus.

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Apparent magnitude

The apparent magnitude of a celestial object is a number that is a measure of its brightness as seen by an observer on Earth.

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Arp 220

Arp 220 is the result of a collision between two galaxies which are now in the process of merging.

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Arp 299

Arp 299 (parts of it are also known as IC 694 and NGC 3690) is a pair of colliding galaxies approximately 134 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major.

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Arthur Hoag

Arthur Allen Hoag (1921–1999) was an American astronomer most famous for his discovery of Hoag's Object, a type of ring galaxy in 1950.

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Baby Boom Galaxy

The Baby Boom Galaxy is a starburst galaxy located 12.2 billion light years away.

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BBC News

BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs.

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BDF-3299

BDF-3299 is a remote galaxy with a redshift of z.

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BL Lacertae

BL Lacertae or BL Lac is a highly variable, extragalactic AGN (active galactic nucleus or active galaxy).

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BL Lacertae object

A BL Lacertae object or BL Lac object is a type of galaxy with an active galactic nucleus (AGN), named after its prototype, BL Lacertae.

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Black Eye Galaxy

The Black Eye Galaxy (also called Evil Eye Galaxy; designated Messier 64, M64, or NGC 4826) is a galaxy which was discovered by Edward Pigott in March 1779, and independently by Johann Elert Bode in April of the same year, as well as by Charles Messier in 1780.

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Boötes

Boötes is a constellation in the northern sky, located between 0° and +60° declination, and 13 and 16 hours of right ascension on the celestial sphere.

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Boötes I (dwarf galaxy)

The Boötes Dwarf Galaxy (Boo I dSph) is a galaxy, which appears faint, with a luminosity of and an absolute magnitude of –5.8.

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Brightest cluster galaxy

A brightest cluster galaxy (BCG) is defined as the brightest galaxy in a cluster of galaxies.

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BX442

BX442 (Q2343-BX442) is a grand design spiral galaxy of type Sc.

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Canes Venatici

Canes Venatici is one of the 88 official modern constellations.

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Canis Major

Canis Major is a constellation in the southern celestial hemisphere.

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Canis Major Overdensity

The Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy (CMa Dwarf) or Canis Major Overdensity (CMa Overdensity) is a disputed dwarf irregular galaxy in the Local Group, located in the same part of the sky as the constellation Canis Major.

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Cartwheel Galaxy

The Cartwheel Galaxy (also known as ESO 350-40) is a lenticular galaxy and ring galaxy about 500 million light-years away in the constellation Sculptor.

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Catalogue of Galaxies and Clusters of Galaxies

The Catalogue of Galaxies and of Clusters of Galaxies (pr CGCG) was compiled by Fritz Zwicky in 1961–68.

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Centaurus

Centaurus is a bright constellation in the southern sky.

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Centaurus A

Centaurus A or NGC 5128 is a galaxy in the constellation of Centaurus.

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Cepheid variable

A Cepheid variable is a type of star that pulsates radially, varying in both diameter and temperature and producing changes in brightness with a well-defined stable period and amplitude.

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Cetus

Cetus is a constellation.

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Chemical element

A chemical element is a species of atoms having the same number of protons in their atomic nuclei (that is, the same atomic number, or Z).

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Cigar

A cigar is a rolled bundle of dried and fermented tobacco leaves made to be smoked.

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Circinus

Circinus is a small, faint constellation in the southern sky, first defined in 1756 by the French astronomer Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille.

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Circinus Galaxy

The Circinus Galaxy (ESO 97-G13) is a Seyfert galaxy in the constellation of Circinus.

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CL1358+62

CL 1358+62 (ClG 1358+62) is a galaxy cluster located at z.

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Coma Berenices

Coma Berenices is an ancient asterism in the northern sky which has been defined as one of the 88 modern constellations.

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Comet Galaxy

The Comet Galaxy, a spiral galaxy located 3.2 billion light-years from Earth, in the galaxy cluster Abell 2667, was found with the Hubble Space Telescope.

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Cosmos Redshift 7

Cosmos Redshift 7 (also known as COSMOS Redshift 7, Galaxy Cosmos Redshift 7, Galaxy CR7 or CR7) is a high-redshift Lyman-alpha emitter galaxy (meaning CR7 is one of the oldest, most distant galaxies), in the constellation Sextans, about 12.9 billion light travel distance years from Earth, reported to contain the first stars (first generation; Population III)—formed soon after the Big Bang during the reionisation epoch (redshift, z ∼ 6−7), when the Universe was about 800 million years old—to have provided the chemical elements (like oxygen, nitrogen, carbon, calcium and iron) needed for the later formation of planets and life as it is known.

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Cygnus (constellation)

Cygnus is a northern constellation lying on the plane of the Milky Way, deriving its name from the Latinized Greek word for swan.

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Cygnus A

Cygnus A (3C 405) is a radio galaxy, and one of the strongest radio sources in the sky.

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Dark galaxy

A dark galaxy is a hypothesized galaxy with no, or very few, stars.

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Dark matter

Dark matter is a theorized form of matter that is thought to account for approximately 80% of the matter in the universe, and about a quarter of its total energy density.

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Dorado

Dorado (English pronunciation) is a constellation in the southern sky.

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Draco (constellation)

Draco is a constellation in the far northern sky.

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Earth

Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to harbor life.

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Edwin Hubble

Edwin Powell Hubble (November 20, 1889 – September 28, 1953) was an American astronomer.

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EGS-zs8-1

EGS-zs8-1 is a high-redshift Lyman-break galaxy found at the northern constellation of Boötes.

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EGSY8p7

EGSY8p7 (EGSY-2008532660) is a distant galaxy, with a spectroscopic redshift of z.

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Ejnar Hertzsprung

Ejnar Hertzsprung (8 October 1873 – 21 October 1967) was a Danish chemist and astronomer born in Copenhagen.

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Epoch (astronomy)

In astronomy, an epoch is a moment in time used as a reference point for some time-varying astronomical quantity, such as the celestial coordinates or elliptical orbital elements of a celestial body, because these are subject to perturbations and vary with time.

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ESO 137-001

ESO 137-001 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the cluster known as Abell 3627 (Norma Cluster).

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ESO 146-5

ESO 146-5 (ESO 146-IG 005) is the designation given to a group of interacting giant elliptical galaxies in the center of the Abell 3827 cluster.

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Ferdinand Magellan

Ferdinand Magellan (or; Fernão de Magalhães,; Fernando de Magallanes,; c. 1480 – 27 April 1521) was a Portuguese explorer who organised the Spanish expedition to the East Indies from 1519 to 1522, resulting in the first circumnavigation of the Earth, completed by Juan Sebastián Elcano.

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Field galaxy

A field galaxy is a galaxy that does not belong to a larger cluster of galaxies and hence is gravitationally alone.

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Galaxy

A galaxy is a gravitationally bound system of stars, stellar remnants, interstellar gas, dust, and dark matter.

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Galaxy groups and clusters

Galaxy groups and clusters are the largest known gravitationally bound objects to have arisen thus far in the process of cosmic structure formation.

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Galaxy Zoo

Galaxy Zoo is a crowdsourced astronomy project which invites people to assist in the morphological classification of large numbers of galaxies.

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Globular cluster

A globular cluster is a spherical collection of stars that orbits a galactic core as a satellite.

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GN-108036

GN-108036 is a distant galaxy discovered and confirmed by the Subaru Telescope and the Keck Observatory located in Hawaii; its study was also completed by the Hubble Space Telescope and the Spitzer Space Telescope.

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GN-z11

GN-z11 is a high-redshift galaxy found in the constellation Ursa Major.

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Grand design spiral galaxy

A grand design spiral galaxy is a type of spiral galaxy with prominent and well-defined spiral arms, as opposed to multi-arm and flocculent spirals which have subtler structural features.

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GRB 090423

GRB 090423 was a gamma-ray burst (GRB) detected by the Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Mission on April 23, 2009 at 07:55:19 UTC whose afterglow was detected in the infrared and enabled astronomers to determine that its redshift is z.

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Great Debate (astronomy)

The Great Debate, also called the Shapley–Curtis Debate, was held on 26 April 1920 at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, between the astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis.

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HCM-6A

HCM-6A is an LAE galaxy that was found in 2002 by a team led by Esther Hu from the University of Hawaii, using the Keck II Telescope in Hawaii.

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Helianthus

Helianthus or sunflower is a genus of plants comprising about 70 species Flora of North America.

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Hoag's Object

Hoag's Object is a non-typical galaxy of the type known as a ring galaxy.

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Hubble Ultra-Deep Field

The Hubble Ultra-Deep Field (HUDF) is an image of a small region of space in the constellation Fornax, containing an estimated 10,000 galaxies.

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Hydra (constellation)

Hydra is the largest of the 88 modern constellations, measuring 1303 square degrees.

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Hydra-Centaurus Supercluster

The Hydra-Centaurus Supercluster (SCl 128), or the Hydra and Centaurus Superclusters, is a supercluster in two parts, the closest neighbour of Virgo Supercluster.

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IC 4970

IC 4970 is an unbarred lenticular galaxy of type in the constellation Pavo.

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Illustris project

The Illustris project is an ongoing series of astrophysical simulations run by an international collaboration of scientists.

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Infrared

Infrared radiation (IR) is electromagnetic radiation (EMR) with longer wavelengths than those of visible light, and is therefore generally invisible to the human eye (although IR at wavelengths up to 1050 nm from specially pulsed lasers can be seen by humans under certain conditions). It is sometimes called infrared light.

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Interstellar cloud

An interstellar cloud is generally an accumulation of gas, plasma, and dust in our and other galaxies.

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Intracluster medium

In astronomy, the intracluster medium (ICM) is the superheated plasma that permeates a galaxy cluster.

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IOK-1

IOK-1 is a distant galaxy in the constellation Coma Berenices.

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ISOHDFS 27

ISOHDFS 27 is the most massive spiral galaxy in the Hubble Deep Field South known so far which is 130,000 light-years in diameter.

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Johann Elert Bode

Johann Elert Bode (19 January 1747 – 23 November 1826) was a German astronomer known for his reformulation and popularisation of the Titius–Bode law.

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Lacerta

Lacerta is one of the 88 modern constellations defined by the International Astronomical Union.

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Large Magellanic Cloud

The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way.

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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) is an American federal research facility in Livermore, California, United States, founded by the University of California, Berkeley in 1952.

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LBG-2377

LBG-2377 is the most distant galaxy merger discovered, as of 2008, at a distance of 11.4 billion light years.

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Leo (constellation)

Leo is one of the constellations of the zodiac, lying between Cancer the crab to the west and Virgo the maiden to the east.

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Lick Observatory

The Lick Observatory is an astronomical observatory, owned and operated by the University of California.

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Life

Life is a characteristic that distinguishes physical entities that do have biological processes, such as signaling and self-sustaining processes, from those that do not, either because such functions have ceased, or because they never had such functions and are classified as inanimate.

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Light-year

The light-year is a unit of length used to express astronomical distances and measures about 9.5 trillion kilometres or 5.9 trillion miles.

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List of galaxy groups and clusters

This page lists some galaxy groups and galaxy clusters.

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List of nearest galaxies

This is a list of known galaxies within 3.59 megaparsecs (11.7 million light-years) of the Solar System, in ascending order of distance.

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List of polar-ring galaxies

The following table lists polar-ring galaxies.

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List of quasars

This is a list of quasars.

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List of spiral galaxies

A spiral galaxy is a type of galaxy characterized by a central bulge of old Population II stars surrounded by a rotating disc of younger Population I stars.

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Lists of galaxies

This is a list of lists of galaxies.

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Local Group

The Local Group is the galaxy group that includes the Milky Way.

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Low-surface-brightness galaxy

A low-surface-brightness galaxy, or LSB galaxy, is a diffuse galaxy with a surface brightness that, when viewed from Earth, is at least one magnitude lower than the ambient night sky.

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Luminous intensity

In photometry, luminous intensity is a measure of the wavelength-weighted power emitted by a light source in a particular direction per unit solid angle, based on the luminosity function, a standardized model of the sensitivity of the human eye.

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Lynx (constellation)

Lynx is a constellation named after the animal, usually observed in the northern sky.

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Lyons Groups of Galaxies

Lyons Groups of Galaxies (or LGG) is an astronomical catalog of nearby groups of galaxies complete to a limiting apparent magnitude B0.

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M85-HCC1

M85-HCC1 is an ultracompact dwarf galaxy with a star density 1,000,000 times that of the solar neighbourhood, lying near the galaxy Messier 85.

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MACS0647-JD

MACS0647-JD is a candidate, based on a photometric redshift estimate, for the farthest known galaxy from Earth at a redshift of about z.

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Magellanic Bridge

The Magellanic Bridge (MBR) is a stream of neutral hydrogen that links the two Magellanic Clouds, with a few known stars inside it.

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Magellanic Clouds

The Magellanic Clouds (or Nubeculae Magellani) are two irregular dwarf galaxies visible in the Southern Celestial Hemisphere; they are members of the Local Group and are orbiting the Milky Way galaxy.

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Magellanic Stream

The Magellanic Stream, which contains a gaseous feature dubbed the leading arm, is a stream of high-velocity clouds of gas extending from the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds over 100° through the Galactic south pole of the Milky Way.

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Malin 1

Malin 1 is a giant low surface brightness (LSB) spiral galaxy.

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Markarian 421

Markarian 421 (Mrk 421, Mkn 421) is a blazar located in the constellation Ursa Major.

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Mayall II

Mayall II, also known as NGC-224-G1, SKHB 1, GSC 2788:2139, HBK 0-1, M31GC J003247+393440 or Andromeda's Cluster, is a globular cluster orbiting M31, the Andromeda Galaxy.

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Mayall's Object

Mayall's Object (also classified under the Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies as Arp 148) is the result of two colliding galaxies located 500 million light years away within the constellation of Ursa Major.

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Megan Donahue

Megan Donahue is an American astronomer who studies galaxies and galaxy clusters.

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Mensa (constellation)

Mensa is a constellation in the Southern Celestial Hemisphere near the south celestial pole, one of twelve constellations drawn up in the 18th century by French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille.

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Messier 102

Messier 102 (also known as M102) is a galaxy listed in the Messier Catalogue that has not been identified unambiguously.

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Messier 54

Messier 54 (also known as M54 or NGC 6715) is a globular cluster in the constellation Sagittarius.

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Messier 77

Messier 77 (also known as NGC 1068) is a barred spiral galaxy about 47 million light-years away in the constellation Cetus.

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Messier 81

Messier 81 (also known as NGC 3031 or Bode's Galaxy) is a spiral galaxy about 12 million light-years away, in the constellation Ursa Major.

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Messier 82

Messier 82 (also known as NGC 3034, Cigar Galaxy or M82) is a starburst galaxy approximately 12 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major.

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Messier 83

Messier 83 (also known as the Southern Pinwheel Galaxy, M83 or NGC 5236) is a barred spiral galaxy approximately 15 million light-years away in the constellation Hydra.

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Messier 87

Messier 87 (also known as Virgo A or NGC 4486, generally abbreviated to M87) is a supergiant elliptical galaxy in the constellation Virgo.

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Mice Galaxies

NGC 4676, or the Mice Galaxies, are two spiral galaxies in the constellation Coma Berenices.

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Milky Way

The Milky Way is the galaxy that contains our Solar System.

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Milton L. Humason

Milton La Salle Humason (August 19, 1891 – June 18, 1972) was an American astronomer.

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Monoceros Ring

The Monoceros Ring is a long, complex, ringlike filament of stars that wraps around the Milky Way three times.

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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (MNRAS) is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering research in astronomy and astrophysics.

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Morphological Catalogue of Galaxies

The Morphological Catalogue of Galaxies (MCG) or Morfologiceskij Katalog Galaktik, is a Russian catalogue of 30,642 galaxies compiled by Boris Vorontsov-Velyaminov and V. P. Arkhipova.

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NASA

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research.

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National Geographic

National Geographic (formerly the National Geographic Magazine and branded also as NAT GEO or) is the official magazine of the National Geographic Society.

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Nebula

A nebula (Latin for "cloud" or "fog"; pl. nebulae, nebulæ, or nebulas) is an interstellar cloud of dust, hydrogen, helium and other ionized gases.

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New General Catalogue

The New General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars (abbreviated as NGC) is a catalogue of deep-sky objects compiled by John Louis Emil Dreyer in 1888.

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New Scientist

New Scientist, first published on 22 November 1956, is a weekly, English-language magazine that covers all aspects of science and technology.

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NGC 2207 and IC 2163

NGC 2207 and IC 2163 are a pair of colliding spiral galaxies about 80 million light-years away in the constellation Canis Major.

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NGC 2770

NGC 2770 is a type SASc spiral galaxy located about 88 million light years away, in the constellation Lynx.

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NGC 3077

NGC 3077 is a small galaxy, a member of the M81 Group, which is located in the northern constellation Ursa Major.

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NGC 3314

NGC 3314 is a pair of overlapping spiral galaxies between 117 and 140 million light-years away in the constellation Hydra.

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NGC 4151

NGC 4151 is an intermediate spiral Seyfert galaxy with weak inner ring structure located from Earth in the constellation Canes Venatici.

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NGC 4555

NGC 4555 is a solitary elliptical galaxy about 40,000 parsecs (125,000 light-years) across, and about 310 million light years distant.

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NGC 4567 and NGC 4568

NGC 4567 and NGC 4568 (nicknamed the Siamese Twins or the Butterfly Galaxies) are a set of unbarred spiral galaxies about 60 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo.

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NGC 4860

NGC 4860 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Coma Berenices.

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NGC 5090 and NGC 5091

NGC 5090 and NGC 5091 are a set of galaxies approximately 150 million light-years away in the constellation Centaurus.

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NGC 5195

NGC 5195 (also known as Messier 51b or M51b) is a dwarf galaxy that is interacting with the Whirlpool Galaxy (also known as M51a or NGC 5194).

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NGC 520

NGC 520 are a pair of colliding spiral galaxies about 90 million light-years away in the constellation Pisces and were discovered by astronomer William Herschel on 13 December 1784.

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NGC 584

NGC 584 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Cetus.

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NGC 5866

NGC 5866 (also called the Spindle Galaxy or Messier 102) is a relatively bright lenticular or spiral galaxy in the constellation Draco.

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NGC 6240

NGC 6240 is a nearby ultraluminous infrared galaxy (ULIRG) in the constellation Ophiuchus.

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NGC 6872

NGC 6872, also known as the Condor Galaxy, is a large barred spiral galaxy of type in the constellation Pavo.

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NGC 7318

NGC 7318 (also known as UGC 12099/UGC 12100 or HCG 92d/b) are a pair of colliding galaxies about 300 million light-years from Earth.

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Nicholas Mayall

Nicholas Ulrich Mayall (May 9, 1906 – January 5, 1993) was an American observational astronomer.

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Norma Cluster

The Norma Cluster (ACO 3627 or Abell 3627) is a rich cluster of galaxies located near the center of the Great Attractor; it is about distant.

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Observable universe

The observable universe is a spherical region of the Universe comprising all matter that can be observed from Earth at the present time, because electromagnetic radiation from these objects has had time to reach Earth since the beginning of the cosmological expansion.

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OJ 287

OJ 287 is a BL Lac object located 3.5 billion light-years away that has produced quasi-periodic optical outbursts going back approximately 120 years, as first apparent on photographic plates from 1891.

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Omega Centauri

Omega Centauri (ω Cen or NGC 5139) is a globular cluster in the constellation of Centaurus that was first identified as a non-stellar object by Edmond Halley in 1677.

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Perseus (constellation)

Perseus is a constellation in the northern sky, being named after the Greek mythological hero Perseus.

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Photographic magnitude

Before the advent of photometers which accurately measure the brightness of astronomical objects, the apparent magnitude of an object was obtained by taking a picture of it with a camera.

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Pinwheel (toy)

A pinwheel is a simple child's toy made of a wheel of paper or plastic curls attached at its axle to a stick by a pin.

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Pinwheel Galaxy

The Pinwheel Galaxy (also known as Messier 101, M101 or NGC 5457) is a face-on spiral galaxy distanced 21 million light-years (six megaparsecs) away from Earth in the constellation Ursa Major.

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Pisces (constellation)

Pisces is a constellation of the zodiac.

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PKS 2000-330

PKS 2000-330 (also known as QSO B2000-330) is a quasar located in the constellation Sagittarius.

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Planet

A planet is an astronomical body orbiting a star or stellar remnant that is massive enough to be rounded by its own gravity, is not massive enough to cause thermonuclear fusion, and has cleared its neighbouring region of planetesimals.

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Polar-ring galaxy

A polar-ring galaxy is a type of galaxy in which an outer ring of gas and stars rotates over the poles of the galaxy.

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Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan

Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan (PASJ) is a peer-reviewed scientific journal of astronomy published by the Astronomical Society of Japan on a bimonthly basis.

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Q0906+6930

Q0906+6930 is the most distant known blazar (redshift 5.47 / 12.2 billion light years), discovered in July, 2004.

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Quasar

A quasar (also known as a QSO or quasi-stellar object) is an extremely luminous active galactic nucleus (AGN).

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Radio galaxy

Radio galaxies and their relatives, radio-loud quasars and blazars, are types of active galaxy that are very luminous at radio wavelengths, with luminosities up to 1039 W between 10 MHz and 100 GHz.

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RD1

RD1 or 0140+326 RD1 is a distant galaxy, it once held the title of most distant galaxy known.

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Redshift

In physics, redshift happens when light or other electromagnetic radiation from an object is increased in wavelength, or shifted to the red end of the spectrum.

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Ring galaxy

A ring galaxy is a galaxy with a circle-like appearance.

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Rose Center for Earth and Space

The Rose Center for Earth and Space is a part of the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.

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Sagittarius (constellation)

Sagittarius is one of the constellations of the zodiac.

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Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy

The Sagittarius Dwarf 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 Milky Way.

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Science News

Science News is an American bi-weekly magazine devoted to short articles about new scientific and technical developments, typically gleaned from recent scientific and technical journals.

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Sculptor (constellation)

Sculptor is a small and faint constellation in the southern sky.

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Segue 2

Segue 2 is a dwarf spheroidal galaxy situated in the constellation Aries and discovered in 2009 in the data obtained by Sloan Digital Sky Survey.

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Serpens

Serpens ("the Serpent", Greek Ὄφις) is a constellation of the northern hemisphere.

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Sextans

Sextans is a minor equatorial constellation which was introduced in 1687 by Johannes Hevelius.

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Seyfert galaxy

Seyfert galaxies are one of the two largest groups of active galaxies, along with quasars.

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Sky & Telescope

Sky & Telescope (S&T) is a monthly American magazine covering all aspects of amateur astronomy, including the following.

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Sloan Digital Sky Survey

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey or SDSS is a major multi-spectral imaging and spectroscopic redshift survey using a dedicated 2.5-m wide-angle optical telescope at Apache Point Observatory in New Mexico, United States.

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Small Magellanic Cloud

The Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), or Nubecula Minor, is a dwarf galaxy near the Milky Way.

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Solar System

The Solar SystemCapitalization of the name varies.

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Sombrero

Sombrero (Spanish for "hat", literally "shadower") in English refers to a type of wide-brimmed hat from Mexico, used to shield from the sun.

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Sombrero Galaxy

The Sombrero Galaxy (also known as Messier Object 104, M104 or NGC 4594) is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Virgo located from Earth.

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Space.com

Space.com is a space and astronomy news website.

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Star

A star is type of astronomical object consisting of a luminous spheroid of plasma held together by its own gravity.

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Star cluster

Star clusters are groups of stars.

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Starburst galaxy

A starburst galaxy is a galaxy undergoing an exceptionally high rate of star formation, as compared to the long-term average rate of star formation in the galaxy or the star formation rate observed in most other galaxies.

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Students for the Exploration and Development of Space

Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS) is an international student organization whose purpose is to promote space exploration and development through educational and engineering projects.

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Sun

The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System.

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Sunflower Galaxy

Messier 63 (also known as M63, NGC 5055, or the Sunflower Galaxy) is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici consisting of a central disc surrounded by many short spiral arm segments, the galaxy form known as flocculent.

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Supercluster

A supercluster is a large group of smaller galaxy clusters or galaxy groups; it is among the largest-known structures of the cosmos.

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SXDF-NB1006-2

SXDF-NB1006-2 is a distant galaxy located in the Cetus constellation, with a spectroscopic redshift of z.

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Tadpole

A tadpole (also called a pollywog) is the larval stage in the life cycle of an amphibian, particularly that of a frog or toad.

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Tadpole Galaxy

The Tadpole Galaxy is a disrupted barred spiral galaxy located 420 million light-years from Earth in the northern constellation Draco.

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The Astrophysical Journal

The Astrophysical Journal, often abbreviated ApJ (pronounced "ap jay") in references and speech, is a peer-reviewed scientific journal of astrophysics and astronomy, established in 1895 by American astronomers George Ellery Hale and James Edward Keeler.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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Third Cambridge Catalogue of Radio Sources

The Third Cambridge Catalogue of Radio Sources (3C) is an astronomical catalogue of celestial radio sources detected originally at 159 MHz, and subsequently at 178 MHz.

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TN J0924-2201

TN J0924-2201 is the most distant radio galaxy known to date.

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Triangulum

Triangulum is a small constellation in the northern sky.

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Triangulum Australe

Triangulum Australe is a small constellation in the far Southern Celestial Hemisphere.

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Triangulum Galaxy

The Triangulum Galaxy is a spiral galaxy approximately 3 million light-years (ly) from Earth in the constellation Triangulum.

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Tucana

Tucana is a constellation of stars in the southern sky, named after the toucan, a South American bird.

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UDFj-39546284

UDFj-39546284 is the designation given to a stellar structure reported on January 27, 2011, as light from the oldest object detected through infrared observation within the Hubble Space Telescope.

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UDFy-38135539

UDFy-38135539 (also known as "HUDF.YD3") is the Hubble Ultra Deep Field (UDF) identifier for a galaxy which was calculated to have a light travel time of 13.1 billion years with a present proper distance of around 30 billion light-years.

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UGC 12591

UGC 12591 is the second most massive spiral galaxy, after ISOHDFS 27.

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UKIRT Infrared Deep Sky Survey

The UKIRT Infrared Deep Sky Survey or UKIDSS is an astronomical survey conducted using the WFCAM wide field camera on the United Kingdom Infrared Telescope on Mauna Kea in Hawaii.

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ULAS J1120+0641

ULAS J1120+0641 is the second most distant known quasar as of 6 December 2017, after ULAS J1342+0928. ULAS J1120+0641 (at a comoving distance of 28.85 billion light-years) was the first quasar discovered beyond a redshift of 7. Its discovery was reported in June 2011.

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United Press International

United Press International (UPI) is an international news agency whose newswires, photo, news film, and audio services provided news material to thousands of newspapers, magazines, radio and television stations for most of the 20th century.

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Universe Today

Universe Today (UT) is a popular North American-based non-commercial space and astronomy news website.

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University of Ottawa

The University of Ottawa (uOttawa or U of O) (Université d'Ottawa) is a bilingual public research university in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

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Ursa Major

Ursa Major (also known as the Great Bear) is a constellation in the northern sky, whose associated mythology likely dates back into prehistory.

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Variable star

A variable star is a star whose brightness as seen from Earth (its apparent magnitude) fluctuates.

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Vesto Slipher

Vesto Melvin Slipher (November 11, 1875 – November 8, 1969) was an American astronomer who performed the first measurements of radial velocities for galaxies, providing the empirical basis for the expansion of the universe.

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Virgo (constellation)

Virgo is one of the constellations of the zodiac.

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Virgo Cluster

The Virgo Cluster is a cluster of galaxies whose center is 53.8 ± 0.3 Mly (16.5 ± 0.1 Mpc) away in the constellation Virgo.

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Virgo Stellar Stream

The Virgo Stellar Stream, also known as Virgo Overdensity, is the proposed name for a stellar stream in the constellation of Virgo which was discovered in 2005.

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Virgo Supercluster

The Virgo Supercluster (Virgo SC) or the Local Supercluster (LSC or LS) is a mass concentration of galaxies containing the Virgo Cluster and Local Group, which in turn contains the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies.

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Whirlpool

A whirlpool is a body of swirling water produced by the meeting of opposing currents.

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Whirlpool Galaxy

The Whirlpool Galaxy, also known as Messier 51a, M51a, and NGC 5194, is an interacting grand-design spiral galaxy with a Seyfert 2 active galactic nucleus.

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Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer

Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) is a NASA infrared-wavelength astronomical space telescope launched in December 2009, and placed in hibernation in February 2011.

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William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse

William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse HFRSE (17 June 1800 – 31 October 1867) was an Anglo-Irish astronomer who had several telescopes built.

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WISE J224607.57-052635.0

WISE J224607.57-052635.0 is an Extremely Luminous Infrared Galaxy (ELIRG) which, in 2015, was announced as the most luminous galaxy in the Universe.

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Wolfram Research

Wolfram Research is a private company that creates computational technology.

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Z8 GND 5296

z8_GND_5296 is a dwarf galaxy discovered in October 2013 which has the highest redshift that has been confirmed through the Lyman-alpha emission line of hydrogen, placing it among the oldest and most distant known galaxies at approximately from Earth.

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Zone of Avoidance

The Zone of Avoidance (ZOA) is the area of the sky that is obscured by the Milky Way.

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3C 147

3C 147 (B0538+498) is a compact steep-spectrum (CSS) quasar that was discovered in 1964.

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3C 273

3C 273 is a quasar located in the constellation Virgo.

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3C 279

3C 279 (also known as 4C–05.55, NRAO 413, and PKS 1253–05) is an optically violent variable quasar (OVV), which is known in the astronomical community for its variations in the visible, radio, and x-ray bands.

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3C 295

3C 295 is a narrow-line radio galaxy located in the constellation of Boötes.

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3C 48

3C48 is a quasar discovered in 1960; it was the second source conclusively identified as such.

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4C +37.11

4C +37.11 or Galaxy 0402+379 is a radio galaxy and elliptical galaxy featuring binary supermassive black holes with the least separation of any directly observed binaries, as of 2006.

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References

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