Man's curiosity to reach the ends of the universe has created astronomical discoveries. To fulfill this longing, many mysterious discoveries related to the universe were made using space science, one of them is the discovery of galaxies. In this article, we have listed the known galaxies in the universe which is very useful for the students preparing for competitive exams like UPSC, SSC, State Services, NDA, CDS and Railways.
Man's curiosity to reach the ends of the universe has created astronomical discoveries. To fulfill this longing, many mysterious discoveries related to the universe were made using space science, one of them is the discovery of galaxies. There are countless galaxies in the universe and there are countless stars in them. The light of different galaxies located far away from the earth reaches us in millions, millions of years. That's why when we look at the night sky, we are actually peering into the depths of time.
What is Universe?
The universe is called the entire time and space and its content, which includes all the planets, stars, galaxies, the content of the space between the galaxies, subatomic particles, and all matter and all energy.
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Our list is below
1. Andromeda
It is a spiral galaxy or star cluster located 2,500,000 light-years (1.6×1011 astronomical units) away from Earth in the Andromeda constellation. It was detected by the Spitzer Space Telescope in 2006.
2. Black Eye Galaxy
This galaxy was discovered by Edward Pigott in March 1779 and by Johann Elert Bode in April of the same year, independently of Charles Messier in 1780.
3. Bode Galaxy
It is a spiral galaxy or star cluster 12 million light-years away from Earth, located in the Ursa Major constellation.
4. Cartwheel Galaxy
It is a lenticular galaxy or star cluster about 500 million light-years away from Earth.
5. Cigar Galaxy
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6. Comet Galaxy
It is a spiral galaxy located in the Abell 2667 galaxy cluster, 3.2 billion light-years from Earth. It was discovered by the Hubble Space Telescope.
7. Cosmos Redshift 7
It is a high redshift Lyman-alpha emitter galaxy.
8. Hogs Object
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9. Large Magellanic Cloud
It is a galaxy or constellation of satellites.
10. Small Magellanic Cloud
It is a dwarf galaxy or star cluster near the Milky Way. It is one of the closest intergalactic neighbors of the Milky Way and one of the most distant objects visible to the naked eye.
11. Myles' Object
It was discovered on 13 March 1940 by American astronomer Nicholas U Mayall at Lick Observatory, using the Crossley reflector.
12. Milky Way
It is also called Akashganga, Milky Way, Kshirmarg or Mandakini, in which the Earth and the Solar System are located. The Milky Way is a spiral galaxy in shape, with a large center and many curved arms radiating from it. Our solar system is located on its hunter-swan arm (the Orion-Cygnus arm).
13. Pinwheel Galaxy
14. Sombrero Galaxy
This is a spiral galaxy.
15. Sunflower Galaxy
It is a spiral galaxy in the northern constellation of Canes Venetii. It was first discovered by French astronomer Pierre Méchain which was later verified by his colleague Charles Messier on June 14, 1779.
16. Whirlpool Galaxy
It is an interacting grand-design spiral galaxy located in the constellation Cane Venatei and was the first galaxy to be classified as a spiral galaxy.
17. Tadpole Galaxy
It is a spiral galaxy in the northern constellation Draco and is located 420 million light-years from Earth.
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