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The Fireworks Galaxy, also known as NGC 6946, Caldwell 12, UGC 11597, PGC 65001 & Arp 29, is an Intermediate Spiral Galaxy located inside The Cepheus Constellation & The Cygnus Constellation. A Intermediate Spiral Galaxy is a blend of Barred Spiral Galaxy and a Regular Spiral Galaxy. Caldwell 12 is 25.2 Million Light Years from Earth. The Fireworks Galaxy has a diameter of 40,000 Light Years & a radius of 20,000 Light Years. Profile of Fireworks Galaxy NGC 6946 was discovered in September of 1798 by German-Born British Astronomer William Herschel. The Fireworks Galaxy has a bit under 100 Billion Stars and 10 Supernovae. The Supernovae in The Fireworks Galaxy are SN 1917A, SN 1939C, SN 1948B, SN 1968D, SN 1969P, SN 1980K, SN 2002hh, SN 2004et,SN 2008S, and SN 2017eaw. Multiple weird astronomical objects hath been observed within The Fireworks Galaxy, which includes The Red Ellipse along one of the northern arms that is similar to a super bubble or a colossal Supernova remnant.
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Introduction
The Leo Galaxy, also named The Lion Galaxy, Leo 1, A10006, UGC, PGC 29488, DDO 74, Regulus Dwarf & Harrington-Wilson #1, is Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy located in The Leo Constellation (The Lion Constellation). Leo I has a distance of 820,000 Light Years from Earth. The Leo Galaxy has a diameter of 2000 Light Years and a mass of 0.02 Billion Solar Masses. Profile of Leo 1 Leo I was discovered in 1950 by American Astronomer Albert George Wilson. Harrington-Wilson #1 was discovered using photographic plates of The National Geographic Society - Palomar Observatory Sky Survey. Leo 1 can also go by the name Regulus Dwarf due to it's proximity to Regulus, The Brightest object in The Leo Constellation. Introduction
The Cartwheel Galaxy, which also goes by the title ESO 350-40, PGC 2248 or MCG-06-02-022a, is a Ring Galaxy & Lenticular Galaxy located inside The Sculptor Constellation. A Ring Galaxy is a Galaxy with a Circle-like appearance. A Lenticular Galaxy is a galaxy that is a mixture of an elliptical galaxy and a spiral galaxy. The Cartwheel Galaxy has a distance of 500 Million Light Years from Earth with a diameter of 130,000 Lightyears and a mass of 3.85 Billion Solar Masses. Profile of ESO 350-40 The Cartwheel Galaxy was discovered in 1941 by Swiss Astronomer Fritz Zwicky. Zwicky considered his discovery, The Cartwheel Galaxy, "One of the most complicated structures awaiting its explanation on the basis of stellar dynamics". The Cartwheel Galaxy has a Billion Stars inside of its borders. Once Upon a Time, The Cartwheel Galaxy was a Standard Normal Common Spiral Galaxy until one day, 200 Million Years ago, it collided with another galaxy and formed into what it is Today. Introduction
The Pinwheel Galaxy, also known as Messier 101, M101 and NGC 5457, is located inside The Ursa Major Constellation(Big Bear Constellation or Big Dipper). Messier 101 is a Spiral Galaxy that is 170,000 Light Years in diameter and a mass of around 1000 Billion Solar Masses. The Pinwheel Galaxy is 21 Million Light Years from Earth. In August 2011, A Type 1A Supernova was discovered inside of The Pinwheel Galaxy who was named SN 2011fe. Profile of M101 The Pinwheel Galaxy was discovered in 1781 by French Astronomer Pierre Méchain who gave it the description, Nebula without a Star. Messier 101 has around 1 trillion stars within its parameters. Other name for The Pinwheel Galaxy are UGC 8981, PGC 50063 & Arp 26. The tidal forces of neighbor galaxies which are NGC 5204, NGC 5474, NGC 5477, NGC 5585 & Holmberg V, make Messier 101 asymmetrical and causes compressed INterstellar Hydrogen Gas which in turn births new stars. The Pinwheel Galaxy is around 21 Million Years. Introduction
Messier 87, also known as Virgo A, M87 or NGC 4486, is located with The Virgo Constellation. Messier 87 is 53.49 Million Light Years from Earth. M87 has a radius of 60 Light Years and a mass of 2,400 Billion Solar Masses.Virgo A is 13.24 Billion Earth Years old. Profile of Virgo A Messier 87 is a Supergiant Elliptical Galaxy with 1 Trillion Stars. Messier 87 was discovered in 1781 by French Astronomer Charles Messier. Charles Messier is known for publishing astronomy catalogue that contain 110 Nebulae plus faint star clusters. Messier is best known for Messier objects in space being titled after his surname. The first Black Hole ever photographed was The Black Hole located inside Messier 87. Introduction
Large Magellanic Cloud also known as LMC is a Milky Way Galaxy Satellite Galaxy located within both The Dorado Constellation (Dolphinfish Constellation/Swordfish Constellation) and The Mensa Constellation(Table Constellation). It is a Satellite Galaxy of our galaxy, The Milk Way Galaxy, as in like The Moon to Earth, Large Magellanic Cloud is a Satellite of The Milky Way Galaxy. LMC is 163 Kilo Light Years from Earth or 50 kiloparsecs from Earth. Large Magellanic Cloud has diameter of 14,000 Lightyears and a mass of 10 Billion Solar Masses. Large Magellanic Cloud is the second to third closest galaxy to The Milky Way Galaxy. Profile of LMC Large Magellanic Cloud is a Magellanic Spiral Galaxy. A Magellanic Spiral Galaxy is a galaxy that is va dwarf galaxy with only one spiral arm. LMC was once believed to be considered a barred dwarf spiral galaxy. LMC has 30 Billion Stars. Large Magellanic Cloud was discovered by Persian Astronomer 'Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi Shirazi or Azophi in 964 A.D. Today Large Magellanic Cloud is going through a phase of strenuous Powerful star formation. LMC and Canis Major Overdensity are disputed in whether who is second or third closest known galaxy to that of our galaxy. Introduction
The Whirlpool Galaxy also known as Messier 51A or M51A or NGC 5194 is located in the Canes Venatici Constellation also called The Hunting Dogs Constellation. The Whirlpool Galaxy is 23 Million Light Years from Earth and has a diameter of 76 Thousand Lightyears. The Whirlpool Galaxy can be easily seen by Rookie Astronomers. The Whirlpool Galaxy, NGC 5194 has a companion Galaxy that also can be seen easily named NGC 5195. Profile of The Whirlpool Galaxy The Whirlpool Galaxy is a Spiral Galaxy discovered in 1773 by Charles Messier, a French Astronomer whose name is used to title many known galaxies in The Universe including The Whirlpool Galaxy itself i.e. Messier 51A. M51A is 76% the size of our own Galaxy, The Milky Way Galaxy. THe Whirlpool Galaxy is thought to have a mass of 160 Billion Solar Masses ( M ☉). The Whirlpool Galaxy is believed to have 100 Billion Stars. The reason behind the whirlpool shape of Messier 51A is believed to be caused by its companion galaxy NGC 5195. Today The Whirlpool Galaxy is thought to be going through an era of accelerated star growth. Introduction
The Baby Boom Galaxy also known as EQ J100054+023435 or The Extreme Stellar Machine, discovered in 2008 by The Hubble Space Telescope & Japan's Subaru Telescope in Hawaii on top of Mauna Kea, is a Starburst Galaxy. A Starburst Galaxy is a galaxy that is experiencing a massive rate of the formation of new stars. The Baby Boom Galaxy is in fact The World Record holder for Brightest Starburst Galaxy. That is the reason behind it's naming, The Baby Boom Galaxy, since it is literally booming baby stars! Baby Boom Profile The Baby Boom Galaxy is located with The Sextans Constellation. Ironic to saw the least, for it takes sex in order to have a 'Baby Boom", and I'm not translating the Latin word for Six. The Baby Boom Galaxy is 12.2 Billion Light Years away from us. The observable colors of The Baby Boom Galaxy are Red, Blue, Green & Yellow. Within One Earth Year, moire than 4,000 new stars are born and a lot of them are born all at once. A star is born on average every 2.2 Earth Hours! Conclusion The Baby Boom Galaxy producing a lot of new stars. In life, producing a good amount of offspring brings great purpose in one's life. It gives meaning and responsibility as well. Without offspring, a species will cease to exist. And without many offspring, the advancement of the species, especially mankind, will not grow as fast. For many minds having goals and purposes is an overall good for humanity and The World. Every person has their purpose, it is up to them to find out what that purpose may be. One thing is for sure, having and raising kids brings great purpose to man and woman alike, across all species even plants. So the question is begged, what is your purpose? Introduction
The Triangulum Galaxy, other names being Messier 33 & NGC 598, is a Spiral Galaxy located within The Triangulum Constellation. The Triangulum Galaxy is 2.73 Million Light Years from Planet Earth. The Triangulum Galaxy is the smallest of a local group of other galaxies that are satellites to The Andromeda Galaxy. If thou hast 20/20 Vision, then ye can actually see The Triangulum Galaxy, granted it that isn't any light pollution in the night sky. The Triangulum Galaxy was discovered by Italian Astronomer Giovanni Battista Hodierna sometime before 1654. Triangulum Galaxy Profile The Triangulum Galaxy has Mass of 5 X 10^10 Solar Masses and has a diameter of around 60,000 Lightyears. The Triangulum Galaxy has around 40 Billion Star within it bounds. Introduction
The Sombrero Galaxy, also known as Messier Object 104, Messier 104, M104, UGC293, PGC 42407 and NGC 4594 is located inside The Virgo Constellation in Earth's Night Sky. The Sombrero Galaxy is a Lenticular Galaxy which is a galaxy that is a mixture a Spiral Galaxy & Elliptical Galaxy. The Sombrero Galaxy was discovered in May 1781 by French Astronomer Pierre Méchain. Bio The Sombrero Galaxy is 31.1 Million Light Years from The Aloha World, Earth and has a diameter of 49,000 Light Years. The Sombrero Galaxy is defined by its large Sombrero-like appearance with a large disk of dust surrounding it's perimeters. This dust ring is the primary source for stars in The Sombrero Galaxy. The Nucleus of The Sombrero Galaxy is classified as a LINER of Low-ionization nuclear emissions-line region. A LINER is a spectre that has weak ionized particles of O, O+, N+ & S+. In the center of The Sombrero Galaxy, is a Supermassive Black Hole. This was discovered in The 1990's by a research team under The Leadership of John Kormendy using spectroscopy data from The Hubble Space Telescope and The Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT). There are around 100 Billion Star within The borders of The Sombrero Galaxy. Introduction
Canis Major Overdensity also known as Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy, is a galaxy located within The Canis Major (Big Dog) Constellation. Canis Major Overdensity is a irregular galaxy 25,000 Light Years from The Solar System. Canis Major Overdensity was discovered in 2003 by A Team of Astronomers analyzing data from The Two-Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS). Stars in Canis Major Galaxy Canis Major Overdensity has around 1 Billion Stars. Some of these stars include NGC 1851, NGC 1904, NGC 2298 and NGC 2808. Ripped Apart Canis Major Overdensity is being pulled apart by the gravitational force pull of our own galaxy, The Milky Way Galaxy. This causes a tidal disruption forming a ring that can wrap around The Milky Way Galaxy threefold called The Monoceros Ring. One day, thanks to our galaxy, Canis Major Overdensity may no longer exist. Introduction
Virgo Stellar Stream, a strange name for a galaxy compared to The Draco Galaxy, Andromeda Galaxy and The Milky Way Galaxy; for it doesn't have the word galaxy in it's name. Nonetheless, Virgo Stellar Stream is still a galaxy. Also known as Virgo Overdensity, Virgo Stellar Stream is a dwarf spheroidal galaxy who, like The Andromeda Galaxy, will merge with our galaxy, The Milky Way; and in fact is in the process of merging with The Milky Way Galaxy. Located inside The Virgo Constellation, Virgo Stellar Stream was discovered in 2005 with suggestions of it's existence coming as early as 2001. Virgo Bio The Virgo Stellar Stream has a radius of 30 Kilo Light Years and is 30,000 Light Years from our Home World, Earth. The Virgo Stellar Stream was discovered by The Sloan Digital Sky Survey from Photometric data. The Virgo Stellar Stream gets int's name from The Fact that it is inside the Virgo Constellation and that it is a stream of stars. The Virgo Stellar Stream has a few hundred thousand stars within its boundaries. The reason for the low amount of stars, compared to other galaxies, is because a lot of the stars are star clusters. Introduction
The Milky Way Galaxy, The Galaxy that we call home. Once thought to be what encompassed the entire Universe, is now known as one of many like it. The Milky Way Galaxy is in fact one of about 100 Billion Galaxies! So much for The Milky Way being The Universe. Some of these other galaxies include, The Andromeda Galaxy, Sombrero Galaxy, Baby Boom Galaxy, Star Fish Galaxy & Virgo Stellar Stream. The Milky Way Galaxy has over 250 Billion plus or minus 150 Billion Stars in it's perimeters. It's radius is 52,850 Light years and The distance of The Sun to it's, likely Black Hole, Center is 26.4 plus minus 1.0 kly. And it takes about 240 Mega Light Years for The Sun to revolve around the center of The Milky Way Galaxy. Yes, even The Sun revolves around something. Milky Way The Name Milky Way, comes from the way we see the galaxy from Earth. Since we are inside of the actual galaxy, our view of its shape is quite obscured. Though we know now that The Milky Way Galaxy is a barred spiral galaxy, which means it is a spiral galaxy except that in the center is a bar shape of light. In Latin it is translated to via lactea and in Greek it is galaxias kyklos which translates from Greek to Milky Circle. Introduction
The Andromeda Galaxy, our neighbor galaxy, will one day; be a part of us. The Andromeda Galaxy has over 1 trillion starsand is a spiral galaxy! Andromeda Galaxy has a radius of 110,000 Light Years, which means, if ye went light speed through the Andromeda Galaxy, it would take ye 110,000 Earth Years from Start to End. It takes 2.537 Million Light Years to get from Earth to The Andromeda Galaxy. Discovered in 964 in Persia, Astronomer Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi describe it as a Nebulous Smear; which is why is was once known as The Andromeda Nebula. Other names for The Andromeda Galaxy are Messier 31, M31 & NGC 224. Not only is The Andromeda Galaxy our neighbor galaxy, it is also the nearest galaxy to our own. List of Stars Some of the trillions of The Stars in The Andromeda Galaxy are Go And, AN And, HD 3883, 26 And, HD 225218, OP And, CG And, ET And, 51 And, 65 And, 2 And, 22 And, V428 And, 4 And, 10 And, LN And, GRB 34, Z And, WASP-1, S And, HAT-P-53 & R And. Andromeda Characteristics The appearance of The Andromeda Galaxy as of visible light is classified as an SA(s)b Galaxy in the de Vaucouleurs-Sandage Extended Classification System which is a system that divides galaxies into the categories of Ellipticals, Lenticulars, Spirals & Irregulars. In the 2MASS survey data, Two Micron All-Sky Survey, which is an astronomy survey of The Whole Space Sky within the infrared view, it is a barred spiral Galaxy. Andromilky or Milkymeda? One day in the future, The Milky Way and The Andromeda Galaxy will cease to be sovereign over themselves, one day, they shalt be one. Approximately 4 Billion Years from Today, Andromeda will collide with The Milky Way Galaxy and we will be a dual galaxy. Whether this will results in a peaceful fusion or a Super Awesome Powerful explosion, or a mix is yet to be known. Will this new galaxy be called Andromilky or Milkymeda? That's an answr only our predecessors 4 Billion Years from now can answer. Introduction
The Dragon Is Super Powerful, Super Awesome & Legendary across The World. There is no part of The World that does not recognize some form of a Dragon. In Europe, The Dragon is Super Powerful and Magical and Devious, also speaks Latin; in East Asia, The Dragon is Super Powerful, Magical and Benevolent. The Start of The Dragon The Draco Galaxy also known as The Draco Dwarf discovered in 1954 at The Lowell Observatory. The Draco Galaxy is a Spherical Galaxy located inside of The Draco Constellation. Draco is Latin for Dragon. The Draco Galaxy is a satellite Galaxy to our own Galaxy, The Milky Way Galaxy. The Draco Galaxy has a Primary population of Old Stars and underwhelming interstellar matter. The Majority of The Stars, 75% to 90%, within The Draco Galaxy are more than around 10 Giga Years(GYR); one Giga Year equal 1 Billion Years. Conclusion The Dragon is a Super Powerful and Super Awesome Legendary Super Star All Around The World! It has The Power to breathe Fire, Use Magic, Fly, Talk, Grant Wishes & More. In The West The Dragon is Broadly Malevolent and in The East The Dragon is Broadly Benevolent. No matter what nation in The World, The Dragon is Legendary for it's unimaginable Power. One who is Powerful is like The Dragon in that way. No matter where they go, they will be known. Whether a Super Star Man or A Dragon, Power is what runs The World! Introduction
The Solar System we live in is vast and Spacious and has a World of spectacular astronomical objects that would take eons just to count up it all. Now imagine a system of solar systems, that my pisano, would be a Galaxy. A Galaxy is system of stars, dust, interstellar gas, star remnants, dark matter and more gravitationally bound together in the reaches of space. A galaxy can have billions of stars, star are big, so billions of them is quite the formittable size to imagine in the mind. Our Sun alone, which isn't even considered a big star by astronomical standards can fit 1.3 Million Earths inside of it. The amount galaxies in The Universe is estimated to be Two Trillion Galaxies! To put that into perspective even more, the average human will live for 22 Million seconds, that means if you were to count one star per second in your entire life, you wouldn't even come close to counting them all!. The Universe is often larger than we think. Even just counting all of the stars within a galaxy per second would be impossible in the average human lifespan. Hard to imagine all of these things in Space once being compacted into one Primeval Atom. The Galaxies Even though there are more galaxies estimated to exist than we can count, there are some that hath been named. Here are some of the galaxies we have named. The Draco Galaxy (Draco dwarf), The Milky Way Galaxy (our galaxy), Andromeda Galaxy, Cartwheel Galaxy, Comet Galaxy, Fireworks Galaxy, Medusa Merger, Whirlpool Galaxy, Cigar Galaxy, Sombrero Galaxy, Pinwheel Galaxy, Sunflower Galaxy, Backward Galaxy, Large Magellanic Cloud, Virgo Stellar Stream, Canis Major Dwarf & Baby Boom Galaxy. Types of Galaxies Not all galaxies look the same. There are four different types of galaxies in The Universe. The Four types of galaxies are Elliptical Galaxy, Spiral Galaxy, barred spiral Galaxy & irregular Galaxy. Our Galaxy, The Milky Way Galaxy, is itself a Spiral Galaxy. A Spiral Galaxy is, according to The Oxford dictionary, "a galaxy in which the stars and gas clouds are concentrated mainly in one or more spiral arms.". A Spiral Galaxy is probably the most recognizable galaxy out of the rest. Other example of Spiral Galaxy are Andromeda Galaxy, Whirlpool Galaxy, Pinwheel Galaxy, Sombrero Galaxy and Comet Galaxy. An Elliptical Galaxy is that comprises of an ellitiod shape that is dim and almost emits an featureless image in space. An ellipsoid shape looks like the image of the cosmic microwave background. An example of an Elliptical Galaxy is Messier 87. A Barred Spiral Galaxy is like a Spiral Galaxy except that it has a bar-shaped center structure that is made with stars. Examples of barred shaped galaxies are The Milky Way Galaxy (our galaxy), Andromeda Galaxy, Virgo Stellar Stream and Triangulum Galaxy. Center of a Galaxy Stars have a ton of mass and gravity. So thou can imagine the gravity that is contained in a Galaxy. It takes are good amount of mass to hold that together. So what is holding all the matter together? What is in the middle of a galaxy? Well what in The Universe has so much gravity that it collapse into itself, taking everything close to it with it? A Black Hole of course. Scientist believe that at the center of every Galaxy in The Universe, is a Black Hole. What else can hold all of this stuff together? Definitely isn't Earth. Conclusion Knowledge accumulate overtime through generation passing down of knowledge and books or other media. There are trillions of galaxies yes, will we name them all in our lifetime; probably not; does that mean our species never will? Not necessarily. Do not let the fact that you may not know all there is about The Universe make you quit your curiosity and yearning for knowledge. What good is it to know everything in The World? For if there is nothing new to learn, what is the point of exploration or curiosity. A major factor in human evolution overtime was curiosity and the thirst for knowing more. Without this key feature, what makes us human is lost. Do not yearn to know it all, but to learn as much as you want of what you want, and then pass that knowledge on to the next generation. This is a key survival instinct in humans that put us at the top in The World. |
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