Subcategories

Galaxies

58 of 284 entries in Celestial Objects. Click any to see everything it connects to.

Citation Formats

General Reference

Space and Astronomy Atlas. "Galaxies." Accessed September 2, 2026. https://space.interactiveatlas.org/subcategories/celestialobject/galaxies.

APA Style

Space and Astronomy Atlas. (n.d.). Galaxies. Retrieved September 2, 2026, from https://space.interactiveatlas.org/subcategories/celestialobject/galaxies

BibTeX

@misc{spaceandastronomyatlas-galaxies,
  author = {Space and Astronomy Atlas},
  title = {Galaxies},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://space.interactiveatlas.org/subcategories/celestialobject/galaxies},
  note = {Accessed September 2, 2026}
}

Large gravitationally bound systems of stars, gas and dust, classified by the Hubble sequences morphological classes: spiral, barred spiral, elliptical, lenticular and irregular or peculiar galaxies, plus dwarf and starburst variants and quasars as the visibly active nucleus of a distant galaxy. Belongs here: any entry whose defining scale is galactic. Does not belong here: a star cluster or nebula within a galaxy catalogued as its own entry, grouped under Star Clusters or Nebulae.

Andromeda Galaxy

Black Eye Galaxy

Bode's Galaxy

Caldwell 12

Caldwell 17

Caldwell 18

Caldwell 21

Caldwell 23

Caldwell 24

Caldwell 26

Caldwell 29

Caldwell 3

Caldwell 30

Caldwell 32

Caldwell 5

Caldwell 7

Centaurus A

Cigar Galaxy

Large Magellanic Cloud

Messier 100

Messier 102

Messier 105

Messier 106

Messier 108

Messier 109

Messier 110

Messier 32

Messier 49

Messier 58

Messier 59

Messier 60

Messier 61

Messier 65

Messier 66

Messier 77

Messier 84

Messier 85

Messier 86

Messier 87

Messier 88

Messier 89

Messier 90

Messier 91

Messier 94

Messier 95

Messier 96

Messier 98

Messier 99

Milky Way

Phantom Galaxy

Pinwheel Galaxy

Small Magellanic Cloud

Sombrero Galaxy

Southern Pinwheel Galaxy

Sunflower Galaxy

TON 618

Triangulum Galaxy

Whirlpool Galaxy

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