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Galaxies!

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Milky WayA spiral galaxy we live in!
Milky Waymay be actually a barred spiral
Milky Waya decent candy bar made of CHOCOLATE!
Milky Way100,000 Light years across
Milky Way10,000 Light years thick
Milky WayHas 3-4 spiral arms
Milky WayHas 2/3s of its stars in the Central Bulge
Milky WayHas 1/3 of it's stars in the arms
Milky WayIs part of the "local Group" of 22 galaxies
Milky WayTakes 250 million years to spin
Milky WayMay have a supermassive center
Milky Wayhas young stars in it's arms
Milky Wayhas Population 2 stars in the center
Milky WayHas a Central Bulge
Milky WayIs a large spiral galaxy
Spiral GalaxyThe most luminous galaxies
Spiral GalaxyModerate amounts of gas and dust
Spiral GalaxySa - Sc classified
Tight armed Spiral GalaxySa class
Loose armed Spiral GalaxySc class
Intermediate armed spiralSb class
Spiral GalaxiesHas both young and old stars
Barred Spiral GalaxiesCentral Bulges have a post through them
Barred spiral galaxiesarms start at the post ends
Barred Spiral galaxiesSBa - SBc classified
Tight armed barred galaxieSBa
Loose armed barred spiralSBc
Elliptical GalaxiesMost common galaxy type
Elliptical GalaxiesComposed of old stars
Elliptical Galaxiesare the smallest galaxies!
elliptical GalaxiesAre the largest galaxies!
Globular clustersHave the oldest known stars
Open star clustersfound in spiral arms
Open Star clusterscommon feature in arms
Open Star Clusters1100 found so far!
Globular clustersfound outside and around the galaxy
Central BulgeWhere most stars are in spirals
ellipticalslittle gas and dust
Irregular GalaxiesNo geometric shape!
Irregular galaxiesIR galaxies!
Irregular galaxiesTwo are very close to us!
Large Magellanic CloudClosest IR galaxy
Large magellanic Cloud114,000 light years away!
Lesser Magellanic Cloud2nd closest IR galaxy!
Irregular GalaxiesLots of young stars
Irregular GalaxiesPlentiful gas and dust
Pecular GalaxiesAre galaxies in distress
Pecular galaxiesSometimes shoot jets of plasma
Seyfert galaxiesPecular's that make Radio Noise
Blazar GalaxiesPeculars that emit Gamma Rays
QuazarsBrightest objects observed
QuazarsFarthest objects observed
Quazarsquazi stellar radio objects


8th Grade Science Teacher
Rushville Middle School
Lancaster, Ohio 43130, OH

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