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
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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
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image: {"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b7/Irregular_galaxy_NGC_1427A_%28captured_by_the_Hubble_Space_Telescope%29.jpg","width":3377,"height":3808}
fields total: 13
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