Irregular galaxy
id:
irregular-galaxy-164-439992
title:
Irregular galaxy
text:
An irregular galaxy is a galaxy that does not have a distinct regular shape, unlike a spiral or an elliptical galaxy. Irregular galaxies do not fall into any of the regular classes of the Hubble sequence, and they are often chaotic in appearance, with neither a nuclear bulge nor any trace of spiral arm structure. Collectively they are thought to make up about a quarter of all galaxies. Some irregular galaxies were once spiral or elliptical galaxies but were deformed by an uneven external gravita
brand slug:
wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Class of galaxy
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irregular_galaxy
date created:
2003-04-09T00:45:04Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T16:24:13Z
main entity:
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image:
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fields total:
13
integrity:
16