Types of Galaxies

• Spiral galaxies are flattened pinwheels in shape. They can have from one to three spiral arms coming from a central core.

Spiral Galaxies

Great Andromeda

Milky way Galaxy

• Hubble Photo of Galaxy M100

• The Hubble Space Telescope captured this image of the core of galaxy M100. M100 is a spiral galaxy about 1,500 light-years from Earth.

• NASA/Liaison Agency

Edwin Hubble

very round

intermediately oval

extremely elongated

Magellanic Clouds

Small Magellanic Clouds

Large Magellanic Clouds

Irregular Galaxies

More Formless

Bar in its Center

Large Magellanic Cloud

Irregular Galaxies

They could show features of several galaxy types, have strong emissions of radio waves, have giant jets of gas spewing out from the nucleus, among other peculiarities.

Antennae Galaxies

The Grasshopper