Galaxy
Barred Spiral Galaxy
A spiral with a straight bar across its centre.
Spiral galaxies whose central region is dominated by a bar of stars from which the spiral arms unwind. Our Milky Way is one.
Overview
Spiral galaxies whose central region is dominated by a bar of stars from which the spiral arms unwind. Our Milky Way is one.
See also
Whirlpool Galaxy (M51)
A textbook spiral, mid-merger with a companion.
Spiral Galaxy
A flattened disc with sweeping spiral arms.
Lenticular Galaxy
A disc galaxy without spiral arms.
Seyfert Galaxy
A spiral galaxy with a bright, active nucleus.
Blazar
An AGN with a jet pointed straight at Earth.
Triangulum Galaxy (M33)
Third-largest galaxy in our Local Group.