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CLASSIFYING GALAXIES
By: Mary Lange
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EDWIN HUBBLE
November 20, 1889 – September 28, 1953 An American astronomer Confirmed other galaxies existed The first to categorize galaxies
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HUBBLE’S GALAXY CLASSIFICATION
The 3 Major Galaxy Classifications
Spirals Elliptical Irregulars
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SPIRAL GALAXIES
Flattened galactic disk Spiral arms
Central galactic bulge Dense nucleus
Extended halo Faint, Old stars
Newer Stars
Example: Milky Way Galaxy Andromeda
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ELLIPTICAL GALAXIES
No galactic disk No spiral arms
Little or no bulge Dense central
nucleus
No halo
Less evidence for young stars
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IRREGULAR GALAXIES
Do not fit into any other category!
Rich in interstellar matter
Young Blue Stars
Lack Regular Structure
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THE TUNING FORK OF HUBBLE SEQUENCE
This image shows how similar in appearance the galaxies appear to be.
E0- E7 are elliptical galaxies SO are between the elliptical and spiral S and SB are spiral galaxies
Sa – Sc are spiral galaxies SBa – SBc are barred-spiral
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Elliptical Galaxies
No Disk- stars distributed though ellipsoidal volume
Contain only old stars, no significant star formation in last 10 billion years
Early type galaxies
Stars have random orbits
Spiral Galaxies
Flattened disk of stars and gas, contains spiral arms
Contains young and old stars with Ongoing star formation
Late type galaxies
Stars move in circular orbit around galactic center
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BRIGHT GALAXIES
Seyfert Galaxy Discovered by Carl Seyfert in 1943. Resemble the “Normal Galaxy” All Energy is emitted from the galactic nucleus. 10,000 times brighter than our galaxy.
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BRIGHT GALAXIES
Radio Galaxy Radio galaxies are in the elliptical family. Emits energy from it’s lobes. Differs from the Seyfert Galaxies
The wavelengths at which they radiate Appearance Emitting regions (Radio portion of the electromagnetic
spectrum)
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BRIGHT GALAXY
Quasar Galaxy Date back to much earlier periods of galaxy formation
and evolution than other galaxies. Share many properties of Seyferts and Radio Galaxies Most energy is emitted in infrared spectrum Jets and extended emissions
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McMillan, Steve, and Eric Chaisson. Astronomy: A beginner's guide to the universe. sixth ed. San Francisco: Addison-Wesley, 2010. 404-29. Print.
Ventrudo, Brian. One Minute Astronomer. N.p.: Brian Ventrudo, Ph.D., 2011. Web. 6 Dec. 2011. <http://www.oneminuteastronomer.com>.