Galaxy
Spiral Galaxy
A flattened disc with sweeping spiral arms.
Disc galaxies with prominent arms of young stars, gas and dust spiralling outward from a central bulge. The Milky Way and Andromeda are spirals.
Overview
Disc galaxies with prominent arms of young stars, gas and dust spiralling outward from a central bulge. The Milky Way and Andromeda are spirals.
See also
Lenticular Galaxy
A disc galaxy without spiral arms.
Whirlpool Galaxy (M51)
A textbook spiral, mid-merger with a companion.
Barred Spiral Galaxy
A spiral with a straight bar across its centre.
Seyfert Galaxy
A spiral galaxy with a bright, active nucleus.
Triangulum Galaxy (M33)
Third-largest galaxy in our Local Group.
Sombrero Galaxy (M104)
An edge-on disc with a luminous bulge.