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Star Groups Chapter 27 (p. 561-565) Galaxies • Def: large groups of stars (approx. 100 billion) bound by gravitational attraction • Also contain gas and dust clouds (nebulae) • Nearest Galaxies – Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) (150 m.l.y.) LMC SMC Types of Galaxies • Spiraloutstretched curving arms M100 NGC 3370 Barred spiral • Like a spiral but has a bar going through the center NCG 6946 Elliptical galaxies • Round to oblong in shape NCG 4565 M104 (The Sombrero Galaxy) M-81 (Andromeda Galaxy) NCG 4636 NGC 720 Irregular • No specific shape • No symmetry NCG 1705 G1- Globular Cluster Omega-Centauri M 80 Globular Cluster NCG 6822 Our Milky Way Milky Way • Structure • Barred spiral galaxy • About 100,000 lightyears wide • Sun is 30,000 light-years from the center • Rotates every 200 million years around “galactic center” Milky Way Face-on view of the Milk Way Galaxy Edge-on view of the Milk Way Galaxy Is the center of every galaxy a supermassive black hole? NGC 3384 M105 Hubble deep field Merger of two Spirals to form an Elliptical Colliding galaxies movie • http://wps.prenhall.com/wps/media/objects/ 680/696364/ifa_colliding_galaxies.mpg Local group • Local Group • Milky way and nearest galaxies • Contains at least 28 galaxies LARGEST TO SMALLEST • • • • UNIVERSE LOCAL GROUPS GALAXIES SOLAR SYTEMS Power of Ten • http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scie nceopticsu/powersof10/index.html Galaxy Song from Monty Python • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEY6Y ojnex0&feature=related&safety_mode=true &persist_safety_mode=1